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(February 28, 2002) The success of China’s vast Three Gorges dam project is under threat from large amounts of pollution and toxic waste that could badly contaminate a reservoir due to be created for the scheme, a senior official has warned.

(February 14, 2006) The company building China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam, the world’s biggest hydroelectric project, is gearing up to tap domestic and overseas capital to fund construction, says a source close to the firm

(February 14, 2006) Eight renowned Chinese painters will work for the next six months on a huge panorama of the Three Gorges, “to retain its beauty on a scroll painting 50 metres long,” CCTV reports.

(February 12, 2002) Shanghai – Surrounded by the smell of chili and bacon unfamiliar to most Shanghaiers, former residents from the Three Gorges Dam area are observing the Chinese year of horse at their new homes in Chongming County in the east China metropolis.

(February 15, 2006) Blocking off the Three Gorges dam diversion channel, due to take place in November this year, will pose major technical challenges, the Xinhua news agency reports.

(February 18, 2006) The widow of a construction worker who died at the dam site has withdrawn her lawsuit against the U.S. firm after being offered compensation and an apology.

(February 20, 2006) Construction workers on Wednesday started to dismantle the remaining part of the second-phase Three Gorges cofferdam, as the average height of the dam of the world’s largest hydro-power project on the Yangtze River is above 140 meters.

(February 20, 2006) Xinhua news agency lists the project objectives for this year.

(January 20, 2002) Qin Feiyun dices greens with a cleaver in her restaurant, puts an oiled wok on the gas stove and waits for customers who never come. Qin’s family recently joined thousands of people forced to evacuate homes in central China that will be flooded by the reservoir of the giant Three Gorges Dam.

(February 21, 2006) Construction workers start to dismantle the remaining part of the second-phase Three Gorges cofferdam

(February 21, 2006) China put into effect a new regulation on water pollution control in the Three Gorges area of the Chongqing Municipality, where the world’s largest water conservancy project is being carried out.

(February 23, 2006) Archeologists have found 44 ruins at the dam site dating back at least 10,000 years, underscoring the region’s reputation as a cradle of ancient Chinese culture, Xinhua news agency reports.

(February 24, 2006) The ship lock at the dam is on schedule to begin operating in June, 2003, when the reservoir begins to store water, Xinhua news agency reports.

(February 25, 2006) China plans to spend nearly 40 billion yuan (US$4.8 billion) on pollution-prevention measures in the Three Gorges dam area, Agence France-Presse reports.

(February 27, 2006) Chinese engineers Thursday began to install the first generator unit at the Three Gorges Hydropower Plant on the Yangtze River.