The dam is but the centrepiece of a colossal endeavour to transform the cities of the Yangtze along a 400-mile stretch from the wartime capital of Chongqing, in the west, to the old British treaty port of Yichang, in the east, towards Shanghai and the sea
The dam is but the centrepiece of a colossal endeavour to transform the cities of the Yangtze along a 400-mile stretch from the wartime capital of Chongqing, in the west, to the old British treaty port of Yichang, in the east, towards Shanghai and the sea
三峡水坝只是一项改变长江沿岸城市的宏大计划的中心部分，整个计划范围涉及长江沿岸400多英里的城市，从西边的重庆开始，到港口都市宜昌，最后到东边的入海口上海。