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China: Three Gorges becomes "golden waterway"

The advent of the Three Gorges has significantly improved cargo delivery capacity of the Yangtze River as 50 million tons were registered in 2006, said Wang Xiaofeng, director of the office of the Three Gorges Project Committee of the State ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Nov 27 2007

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