ChinaDialogue: Latest responses to Film review: Up the Yangtze

The Real People

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:24:46 -0400

I can guarantee you that this film probably doesn't even get to the real individuals who are affected by the Three Gorges Dam. Sure the guy filmed two teenagers who work on a cruise liner, but what about the people who don't have a job. No contact with the outside world. Those are the individuals who are truly going to be affected. CU Deetz

Unfair

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:49:38 -0400

I quote that paragraph because it seems to me unfair: < The People’s Daily reported that these included “more frequent landslides and pollution”. If preventive measures were not taken, said the newspaper, “there could be an environmental catastrophe’”. Does Chang agree with this assessment? “I know there are a handful of benefits,” says Chang. After witnessing the project, however, he found “the negative effects well outweigh the benefits in terms of social and environmental impact.” > You required us to make a judgement without making a precise balance between negative effects and benefits. Nostalgia is not enough to weigh the balance

Re: Up the Yangtze

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:09:00 -0400

Up the Yangtze is being shown at festivals, and has screened at environmental salons in China. Keep an eye open for screenings and try the website... http://www.uptheyangtze.com/

Up the Yangtze

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:56:00 -0400

I am a adherent of environmental protection in china. So I want to know how I can watch the film ? Where can I get hold of this film?

[TRANSLATED] We should compensate relocatees at the Three Gorges

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:19:19 -0400

I do not know whether we can benefit from the electricity from the Three Gorges Dam or not. But we should do something for those people who moved away from their hometown and live in a faraway land due to the Three Gorges project.