When it comes to infrastructure projects, this is the big one - an engineering feat on a par with the Great Wall of
China. But as well as flooding 600 kilometres of the Yangzi valley, the Three Gorges dam could cause a deluge of arguments among the foreign banks and contractors lining up to get involved. Jack Lowenstein reports on some early signs of trouble and picks out the
project's likely backers.
November 01, 1997