The Three Gorges Dam produces electricity for millions of people in China.

三峡大坝为中国数百万人提供电力。

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In Laos, one of the poorest countries in the world, Sinohydro, which built the Three Gorges dam, is constructing two DAMS to export electricity to neighboring China and Thailand.

在老挝这个全世界最穷的国家之一，负责三峡建设的中国水利水电建设集团公司正在修建两座大坝，以便向邻近的中国和泰国输出电力。

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The Three Gorges dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric project, has handled a flow equivalent to 90% of its maximum capacity.

而世界上最大的水电工程—三峡大坝的入库流量目前已经到达其库容的90%。

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Like the Great Wall or, more recently, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River it's a classic imperial project, still possible under China's one-party system.

NPR: River Has Long Reflected China's Glories, Sorrows

The two countries share the Itaipu hydroelectric dam (still the world's largest until China's Three Gorges is completed).

ECONOMIST: Paraguay

Promoting the power-generation aspect of the Three Gorges project may have seemed a good way to counter the criticisms made by the dam's opponents, and the suspicions of potential investors.

ECONOMIST: China