by Dai Qing
Editors'
Note
Preface
Preface (Chinese Edition)
Introduction
PART I
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
PART II
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
PART III
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
PART IV
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
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EDITORS' NOTE
Yangtze! Yangtze!
is a collection of Chinese documents debating the Three Gorges project. This
English translation is organized in a manner similar to its Chinese predecessor,
with interviews, essays and letters to Chinese officials forming distinct sections.
But this edition, which is being published after the project has been given
the official go-ahead, also reflects the continuing struggle against the dam:
10 new chapters are included here, which both update and expand the material
contained in the original Chinese edition.
Part One of the book presents
new material about the struggle to publish Yangtze! Yangtze! in China,
its subsequent banning, and the vote to pass the Three Gorges project at the
1992 National People's Congress. Each of the subsequent parts also benefits
from new and updated material.
Because each chapter is
distinct and capable of standing on its own, some repetition between chapters
was unavoidable: To remove such repetition would have compromised the integrity
of the arguments which the authors have gone to such pains to convey. Also,
because in some cases four years have elapsed between the writing of the newest
and oldest chapters, the authors' data (for example, project budget estimates)
has sometimes changed. We present the data in its original form, to reflect
the arguments being made at the time.
Except where marked, all
footnotes have been written by the editors.
Numerous friends and colleagues
have made the publication of this book possible. We would like to thank the
World Wildlife Fund for an early translation of Yangtze! Yangtze! which became
the basis for this expanded edition. We would also like to thank Lawrence Sullivan,
Nancy Liu, and Wu Mei for their tireless translation and extensive editorial
assistance on the original manuscript and the new material. Thanks also to Zhang
Xiaogang and Sun Yougeng for their translation.
Special thanks to Margaret
Barber, who so generously volunteered her time for editing and fact-checking.
Her unflagging support and good humor is greatly appreciated. Special thanks
also to Lawrence Solomon for his patience and guidance throughout the project.
We would also like to thank
those who volunteered their time to help complete the project, especially Peter
Gorrie and Norman Houghton for their editorial contributions, Philip Williams
for his technical review, and Paul Brooks, for helping with graphic design.
For their timely assistance
and encouragement in the many and diverse tasks of book production, we are grateful
to Jeffrey Ashizawa, Nancy Hearst, Tanyss Horsley, Robert Paarlberg, Marcia
Ryan, and Joan Stabile.
For making the translation
and publication of this book possible we would like to thank the Environment
and Development Support Program of the Canadian Environmental Network, the Canadian
International Development Agency, the Margaret Laurence Fund for the Promotion
of Peace and the Environment, and Probe International supporters who donated
generously so that the efforts of the Chinese government to keep this book from
dam-building professionals and the public would be foiled.
We would also like to acknowledge
Jiang Hong and Qian Jiaju for their invaluable contributions, and to honor the
memory of Hou Xueyu and Zhou Peiyuan.
Above all we would like to honor Dai Qing and the 40 journalists,
scientists, artists, and economists who prepared this book with courage,
expertise, and dedication.
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