Right at the height of this "anti-dam" wave, the Communist Chinese announced their decision to construct a huge dam with the world's largest electric generating capacity at Sanhsia (" Three Gorges ") on the Yangtze River, attracting the concern of ecologists around the world.
在這一片「反壩」聲中，中共於一九八四年年底宣佈要在長江西陵峽三斗坪建壩，以成立世界上最大的水力發電廠，遂格外引起世人矚目和各國環境生態學者的議論。