Three Gorges Dam

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In the middle of January, 2005, the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) ordered 30 large-scale projects being done for the dam to be stopped because of a lack of mandatory environmental impact assessments. This paper looks at the impact of such a stoppage and what bureaucracy and legislation lay behind this call.

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"It is interesting how bureaucracy can occur anywhere in the world, despite wide cultural and political differences. The United States, Europe, China-it makes no difference. The Three Gorges Dam offers a prime example. Over the many years of this project, the Chinese government, displaced residents, special interest groups such as environmentalists and anthropologists, and contractors have become so mired in on-again-off-again decisions, regulations and continuous controversies that the original ideas for this massive undertaking are completely lost. It seems logical that the entire venture should be delayed and then analyzed for future goals."

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