By Dai Qing

An extraordinary collection of interviews, essays, and statements by Chinese scientists, journalists, and intellectuals opposed to the massive Three Gorges dam on China’s Yangtze River. Originally published in 1989 as the democracy movement was gathering momentum, Yangtze! Yangtze! is credited with pressuring the State Council to postpone the dam, and inspired the democracy movement by striking an unprecedented blow at powerful state authorities promoting the dam. This pioneering critique is now available in English, expanded to include post-Tiananmen events.

• Editors’ Note
• Preface: THE THREE GORGES DAM AND THE CHINESE POLITY
• Preface to the Chinese Edition: WORKSONG ON THE YANGTZE RIVER
• Introduction: OPPOSITION TO AN UNVIABLE DAM
• Chapter 1: THE STRUGGLE TO PUBLISH YANGTZE! YANGTZE! IN CHINA
• Chapter 2: THE BANNING OF YANGTZE! YANGTZE!
• Chapter 3: THE COMEBACK OF THE THREE GORGES DAM (1989-1993)
• Chapter 4: QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 5: VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE ASSESSMENT REPORT OF THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 6: PLEASE ATTEND TO THE OPPOSING OPINIONS ON THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 7: A REQUEST TO THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS TO HALT LU YOUMEI’S INAPPROPRIATE ACTIONS ON THE IMMEDIATE START OF THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 8: SUGGESTIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEME OF THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 9: OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 10: AN INTERVIEW WITH HUANG SHUNXING
• Chapter 11: AN INTERVIEW WITH LI RUI
• Chapter 12: WE ARE VERY WORRIED, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED
• Chapter 13: EQUAL TREATMENT FOR DIFFERENT OPINIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
• Chapter 14: THE BOTTOMLESS PROJECT BUDGET FOR THE THREE GORGES DAM
• Chapter 15: NEVER DAM THE THREE GORGES
• Chapter 16: ONCE THE GOLDEN WATERWAY IS SEVERED, CAN ANOTHER YANGTZE RIVER BE DUG?
• Chapter 17: RESETTLEMENT AND LAND LOSS WILL SERIOUSLY DISRUPT PRODUCTION
• Chapter 18: THE LIMITED BENEFITS OF FLOOD CONTROL
• Chapter 19: THE THREE GORGES PROJECT: AN ENORMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
• Chapter 20: THE TRIBUTARIES FIRST AND THE MAINSTREAM OF THE RIVER SECOND: A PRINCIPLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YANGTZE RIVER
• Chapter 21: THE THREE GORGES PROJECT: AN UNREASONABLE OPTION FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
• Chapter 22: INTERNATIONAL OPPOSITION TO THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 23: TEN CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ON THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 24: RESETTLEMENT IN THE THREE GORGES PROJECT
• Chapter 25: HIGH DAM: THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
• Chapter 26: MUST A FINISHED PROJECT FINISH ITS ENVIRONMENT?
• Chapter 27: THE THREE GORGES PROJECT IN THE CONTEXT OF PRESENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
• Chapter 28: MADAM QIAN ZHENGYING, ANSWER MY QUESTIONS
• Chapter 29: THE ASSESSMENT OF THE THREE GORGES PROJECT SHOULD HAVE INVOLVED SOCIOLOGISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS
• Chapter 30: AFTERWORD TO THE CHINESE EDITION
• Appendix A: Historical Chronology of the Three Gorges Project
• Appendix B: A Directory of the Sessions (Enlarged) of the Leading Group for the Assessment of the Three Gorges Project
• Appendix C: A Directory of the Advisors and Experts in Each Experts’ Group for the Assessment of the Three Gorges Project Who Did Not Sign Their Respective Subject Reports, and Who Expressed Dissenting Opinions at the Enlarged Sessions of the Leading Group for the Assessment of the Three Gorges Project
• Appendix D: The Resolution on the Construction of the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River
• Appendix E: Some Issues Regarding the Preliminary Design of the Three Gorges Project
• Appendix F: A List of Specialists Whose Views on the Three Gorges Project Differ from Those of the Leading Group for the Assessment of the Three Gorges Project