After slowing its dam-building program in response to the serious environmental consequences of completion in 2006 of the Three Gorges Dam – the world’s largest – China is now rushing to build a new generation of giant dams. At a time when dam building has largely petered out in the West – and run into growing grassroots opposition in other democracies like Japan and India – China will remain the nucleus of the world’s mega-dam projects.
2006年的三峡大坝（世界最大大坝）建成后的一系列严重环境后果让中国放慢了建坝计划，如今，中国急切地开始建设新一代大坝。西方基本上已不再建设新坝——日本和印度等其他民主国家的普通民众也越来越反对建设大坝——中国将继续充当世界巨型水坝工程的核心建设者。