China's Three Gorges Dam: the disaster project | Revisited • FRANCE 24 English

[@pablo-fg3mo]

For ya'll who want a summary of the important bits, here's the balanced argument I made for homework: Although the dam is good for controlling water flow and floods, it has caused problems in many ways, 1. The Chinese government has forced 1.4 million people out to build the dam, this caused problems because those civilians were not given money or good land to live on, the lucky ones that did get money didn't get much. 2. The dam has hurt China's ecosystem as it has change the way of living for many animal species even going so far to wipe them out. You could make the argument to build the dam as a good patriotic symbol for China which could show China's strength and integrity, which many people are proud of and want to be connected to. The dam has increased electricity production equal to 15 nuclear plants! The Chinese government has silenced the people speaking out and has denied satelite pictures regarding the dams structural integrity and blueprints due the to dent found on the river.

[@Ethan-pc8mf]

doing hw on this rn, ur the best

[@sirlarringtons5143]

bro thank you so much, i hope you have an amazing day today

[@augustadwamena1193]

@pablo-fg3mo,your name is Pablo which doesn't sound Chinese and so you are telling lies. You western liars are at it again, spreading outright lies about China. Everything in your comment is 100% LIES. Are you an ethnic Chinese living in china and in the region this dam was built? Was your family denied compensation?? Of course not. Did you expect the chinese government to just allow their people to suffer as a result of the catastrophic floorings caused by the yangtze??they had to solve the problem.

[@ausenciomartinez-olvidares1294]

A collapse of the structure could have DAMming consequences...

[@pilotactor777]

Haha

[@762459]

DAMnnnnnn

[@robertoaguiar6230]

DAMn...

[@lolguy-x9n]

Can be said of any dam.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

That's the best dam comment.

[@debbiedenman1008]

They said 'No more power outages' that's a joke.

[@Kokangalang]

@stolen account poor Washington, if only we listened to him

[@annabounsing8544]

People in Laos is going through the same dilemma! Moving away from their home and don't even received any money from their government,very sad😔😔

[@sgpleasure]

When the dam was built we all knew the following: Benefits: 1. Increase electricity 2. Able to control the flow which means more water during draughts Costs: 1. Ecological diversity The benefits outweighted the costs and hence the project went ahead. So now years later what's new have we learned? What's with the dramatic title? Other 'drastic consequences' are just nonstarter 1. People were forced to moved out. This has to be accepted as part of development 2. Water is more polluted because of slower moving water. Solve pollution at the source. 3. Dam going to burst. That's a seperate issue. If the water level is too high excess water can be released.

[@柠檬-u5k]

West government is embarrassed by Chinese great infrastructure development, they can’t get anything done in their own country, so feeding their people with negativity about China becomes very important.

[@borisquince6302]

But honestly, this dam has done much more good. Stable power, less carbon pollution and more economic activity. This is a hit piece on China. Show the other side too.

[@pilotactor777]

True

[@markmitchell450]

It answers maybe problems yet creates just as many new ones

[@bishalscreation]

I agree very well 😊

[@LemturChanucollection]

Ya tis is da problm. People like u only think about economic. I hope you can survive with ur economic wealth without any ecology.

[@TheeRomantic]

Don't think it's sable

[@MagickalMermaid]

"The Chinese government is hiding something..." The Rest of the Planet: "Duuuuhhhh!" 🙄

[@XpDoom]

I mean every government is hiding something

[@oscarchute5702]

It reminds me of the Weapon of Mass Destruction in Iraq. All Government lie.

[@bg24955]

the dam can supply 20% France’s electricity.

[@faith_alone]

Not when its floating down the Yangtze River in 10,000 pieces

[@nopenotme7164]

@@faith_alone well, it is still there so lol

[@faith_alone]

@@nopenotme7164 well, they've spent over a hundred million dollars repairing it so lol

[@nopenotme7164]

@@faith_alone well, I had conducted some research and this is what the source said: "it now faces the potential for major catastrophe due to massive rains" it didn't mention anything about the damage of the dam so lol

[@faith_alone]

@@nopenotme7164 Thats because they'd have to steal about 10 billion from their people to fix it properly so lol

[@spikey1821]

This document focused mainly on the negative side of the project.

[@erictirado147]

Tell me the long term benefits

[@vorlon81]

@@erictirado147 Clean Power, Flood Control. Did you even watch the Entirety of this Vid?

[@erictirado147]

@@vorlon81 yes, but I'm speaking long term.

[@vorlon81]

@@erictirado147 Either way you and i wont be here to see the Effects. So why Bother.

[@cby1309]

@@vorlon81 they also open it and let it flood and kill many. They are more worried about their ancient relics than the people

[@RoyalRook]

Wouldn't you able to collect the waste easier if the river flow slow down? Otherwise the waste would just wash down stream. The river disperse people before by flooding, which the dam could now control. I think the dam has served its purpose more than as a national symbol, and it must be well worth its costs if China keep making more hydro projects. I hope more people lift themselves out of poverty from project like this than simply losing their old way of life.

[@GraniteInTheFace]

Dilution has always been solution. Personally i dont see it that way. Less waste should go into the waters and that'll solve one issue

[@twohorse123]

The narrator sounded dissappointed that the dam hasnt collapsed yet. Surely project of this scale will affect some adversely and the majority positively. If everybody has to be with happy with every major national project, nothing will be achieved.

[@Kemet3.0]

However, this dam has a globe effect, not just on China. When they confirmed this dam is slowing down the earth rotation speed. Then we have a problem with China. I hate to say ‘ China way of life is now affecting other beyond it’s borders. They continue to build mega projects without thinking of adverse disasters it continue to create on all ecosystems. Overfishing,drilling, building, cutting down too many trees. Causing mudslides and flooding. I have a tall list of things to point out.

[@twohorse123]

@@Kemet3.0 pure jealousy.

[@RedFighterNL]

Will affect some adversely? People were basically removed from their land with barely any compensation. This is not limited to this dam however, it is almost common practice for the CCP to force citizens to relocate.

[@ranjandash7523]

@@RedFighterNL it is same for democratic country also... such as India some will get compensation while don't get Orin they get something do only look for spending it whole sum and atlas..complain Govt. don't care for Us..haha...it happens in these huge countries.

[@种花家的小安]

@@RedFighterNL lies

[@ayeitzdj]

Even with people praying on this dams downfall this baby still holds strong 💪.

[@cby1309]

I sincerely do not pray for the demise of the dam. I feel horrible that the China government has harmed it's own people

[@Killerkolt75]

@@843idfa yea they harmed there own people during the cultural revolution and all the electricity generated by the dams comes at the expense of the people who live downstream of these dams... are you part of the 50 cent army? LOL

[@843idfa]

@@Killerkolt75 Look who’s harming they’re own people with vaccines and lockdowns. There’s no fake virus in China or N. Korea. People are free and prosperous.

[@systembypass6930]

@@843idfa i think you might be a communist spy.

[@843idfa]

@@systembypass6930 I think you can’t decide for yourself if communists are indeed bad that’s why the Hollywood elite and media moguls have to decide everything for you.

[@cybourne5910]

Why France 24 cares about a DAM from a far East country? Don't you have a lot more to care about like covid, yellow vast, nuclear hazard or global warming?

[@barbarakiley1465]

This dam has the potential to CHANGE HISTORY, not just with. Millions dead, but by wiping out the Chinese economy and devastating the food supply. You REALLY don't see this?

[@cybourne5910]

@@barbarakiley1465 I was part of the job and visited the area from time to time, it's a pro & con mega project, if u want a, world that is perfectly safe, you should try to make the world nuclear free first

[@noseahead]

@。。。。。。。 Kenelm Price to the environment and biodiversity is so much greater than cheap electricity

[@noseahead]

@。。。。。。。 Kenelm Like who?

[@MsDiscofever]

@@barbarakiley1465 The dam was there since 1994...This sudden press attention for the dam doesn't strike you as being at least a little odd?

[@Moneydoesgames]

There is multiple nuclear reactors down stream and if this damn breaks the world will know it

[@casperx1513]

Terrifying

[@alexandersolon6548]

if that happens, if there should be any nuclear leak would go downstream and maybe leak into the south china sea. Effectively contaminating the malaysia, vietnam, indonesia, philippines, singapore.

[@Moneydoesgames]

Alexander Solon according to some people its over or around 60 nuclear plants, it would be felt worldwide

[@alexandersolon6548]

@@Moneydoesgames jesus christ, if the pearl river delta or the yangtze is connected to that they would be contaminating the most populated place in the world. starving the fields, farms, fisheries etc.

[@Moneydoesgames]

Alexander Solon fooked ain’t it

[@陈海波-z8e]

People are mainly support the dam, because it brings huge electricity for industries and domestic use. Of course there are negative efforts, the relocated people deserve better compensation, and it's true it will affect the biology, but there's a very big ship lock that can let the fishes to go upstream, and there is a "fish ladder" specially designed for fish to go upstream, and are also institutes to study and help. Additionnally, the so called hydrolic expert was not speaking Chinese at all.

[@tearborn]

The primary goal of the dam is flood control. Shipping and irrigation are also main goals. Hydropower is the last.

[@ikanfugu]

@stolen account yap total brainwashed as evidence by your comments . Somebody stole your account?

[@ikanfugu]

@stolen account bla bla.. Go to China seek justice there.

[@ikanfugu]

@stolen account your hallucination is worse than I thought. Its the West who has the habit to instigate regime change through students, LSM protesting, aiding opposition or outright bombing and invasion of Iraq, Libya, Syria.. The list is long. Shame on you.

[@ikanfugu]

@stolen account misinformed n ignorant people such as thyself are not opponents that China is afraid of by the way.

[@jakesi8170]

Now do the Hoover dam.

[@FunnyVideosImedia]

What do you think? We aren't in 1950

[@jakesi8170]

@@FunnyVideosImedia I'm sure people would like to know. Regardless of the what year it is.

[@Kokangalang]

@@jakesi8170 “let’s compare a 2010 dam to a 1950’s dam that will teach those damn westerners” Let’s compare your 2020 buildings to our 1960’s buildings.

[@sylwiaw3634]

Dear people who had to watch this for school here are some answers: ecinomic benifit makes transporting goods easier social problem - 1.3 million people were displaced social benefit - lots of people get married there economic - lots of money environment- no fish left in the river becuase they were all down streem and cant swim up stream environmental benefit - flooding of the Yangtze River is easier to regulate social-no housing was provided for the people who had to move it costed 23bn euros biggest dam in the world 1..4 milliomn people had to move it makes river transport easier 60 stories tall 181 meters tall and 2 km long makes hydro electricity The yangtze river got more polluted

[@DJANM_G4MING]

Legend

[@boladied]

Thank you! This was extremely helpful :D

[@EBAYvillager]

What is the silt level? Has it reached 90m? Are the silt escape tunnels working? What happens when the silt reaches the generators? Can the generators be bipassed?

[@harrythompson2894]

Don't know!!

[@ianroywell7352]

The dam is great, the dam is pro human and planet but the humans who made this possible should also look after the humans who were affected by the toll. :(

[@Neilukuk]

@toytony ji Obvious china bots. "I have been making billions of dollars. Selling electricity"

[@Neilukuk]

@toytony ji We don't have basements in the UK. How's that money coming along? Making Billions selling Electricity LMFAO Have a great week and take care.

[@Neilukuk]

@toytony ji I seen that deleted message " toytony ji replied: you are a from a tosser from UK. 30 minutes ago" What the hell does that say? Just stop!

[@wilfredfizzlebang6181]

Pro human yes. Pro planet no.

[@Evil0tto]

You lie.

[@vivizsw]

58 nuclear power reactors in France is something should everyone worry about !

[@MountainFisher]

@Keys & Locks It is the smartest option with new technology. India is building thorium reactors a better option than Uranium reactors.

[@cby1309]

God bless the people and keep them safe.

[@trinasright8154]

Too bad most of them don’t believe in our Lord.

[@taichitao85]

@@trinasright8154 what is your Lord?

[@mintheman7]

@@trinasright8154 Too bad your “lord” never existed

[@tan14man]

the woman interviewed is probably in jail for speaking out

[@parthamohan5891]

The Brahmaputra would be either dry or rush with tremendous flow of water...it shall also affect the yamuna river flowing in bangladesh

[@amberlight5830]

No it won't. China won't do what India doing to Pakistan.

[@कुछहोगा]

@@amberlight5830 what india had done to paxtan?? Plzz enlighten me

[@कुछहोगा]

@@amberlight5830 when did india broke sindhu river treaty???

[@benp3485]

As of July 23 2021, China is flooded. I just hope this is not due to the 3 gorges dam and the other 98000 dams constructed

[@jessbides5562]

It is Two of their dam were collapse

[@emmanuelxarhin8064]

You are right I think it's because of the Corona virus many activities was shot down and that caused climate change all over the world

[@amberlight5830]

@@jessbides5562 but not three gorges.

[@Dept246]

USA has estimated 84,000 dams.

[@worldofelectricity4038]

Typical western journalism

[@telikunigussiehailu9998]

Europe with all the negativity towards Asia and Africa. FYI... China's GDP is more than UK+Germany+France+Italy+Spain. Keep on braggin'

[@mizzoupatriot8814]

Wait till the United States military pays a visit to this dam ;)

[@mizzoupatriot8814]

@@casperx1513 I wouldnt go that far.

[@adolin1338]

@@casperx1513 doesn't have to, have you heard of NATO and India?

[@kaligola2713]

Dude China have nuclear arsenal not like Syria and Iraq

[@worldofelectricity4038]

China is not some poor country that US can mess with lol better not to go there

[@dznuts123]

well you do know china has nukes, right? they can give us some freedom as well

[@duaneross9271]

There is no way to destroy it. Water that is.

[@pablo-fg3mo]

Bro why my teacher gotta do this to me

[@SwervinSpliffs27]

In case anyone was confused, a nation that does not care about human rights will abuse human rights

[@thejeffinvade]

Why don't the green loving Europeans talk about how much co2 emission has the dam saved?

[@chubbymoth5810]

Ehm,.. that is one of the saddest parts about it. The amount of biodegradable material covered by the lake is releasing tonnes of CO2 and no way to recapture it. Hydro energy in general has proven to be not a very environmental friendly method of making energy, but still better than the coal that powers the rest of China. The flooding on the Yangzte River certainly hasn done any favor to the pollution levels of the lake either with all the cars and crap getting dragged in.

[@thejeffinvade]

@Grizzy Bear ………then don't build nuclear power stations, don't build wind turbines, specially don't build any more solar panels, because it is the most energy intensive production process.

[@tearborn]

How about historical CO2 emission per capita?

[@thejeffinvade]

@@tearborn you shouldve said cumulative.

[@faith_alone]

Because that's not the point of the video? Lol

[@innocentmushi3036]

Western media and their negative narration of the Chinese projects. Im sure if this project was done in US or Europe the Western media would praise it.

[@dtwach6820]

😂😂😂 bet you dont know about tofu deng projects in china ha??

[@81hermoso]

Still don’t understand how this benefit the world when in reality it effects the earth 🌎

[@mizzoupatriot8814]

"Watch the water"- Q

[@brunosirigado]

I saw a video from a canadian living in china in one of the major chinese cities, and while he was walking near the city river, there was a lot old chinese men fishing... He said that the majority of those men were farmers, and they had to sold their lands for some reason... just like the people in this video. The canadian guy said that those old farmers are now the new rich people in China... they received a good amount of money from the state for their lands, and they also receive pensions from the state. Now they basically spend their days fishing, gambling, doing Qigong etc. FRANCE 24 being FRANCE 24...

[@Bitchslapper316]

"France 24 being France 24" You could ve making that story up or your uncle could be making it up. At least these guys went out of their way and visited the country, interviewed the people affected who provided proof. All you provided is "my uncle said".

[@brunosirigado]

@larry king I guess that for you, the communists eat children for breakfast... that was the rhetoric used by anti communists here in Portugal, during the 50's and 60's. Are you really that old or did you just found an anti communist old book, in your grandfather's attic? I understand your fears, when you see so many futuristics cities in China that look like Blade Runner... it's embarrassing for the west... it meaning that someone is falling behind... and it ain't China.

[@SheepWaveMeByeBye]

@@brunosirigado Blade Runner cities is a sign of cultural decay and overpopulation, not progress. Sci-fi dreams mostly ends with dystopias.

[@brunosirigado]

@@SheepWaveMeByeBye When i mention Blade Runner, i was talking about from a futuristic point of view, not from a social philosophical point of view like you did... you know that perfectly well, you just tried to play the smartest one in the class room. By the way, you forgot to mention that the Blade Runner cities are extremely dirty... in contrast with these chinese cities that are extremely clean.

[@Kokangalang]

What and where is this video of yours You could simply be lying, I need more evidence that a simple bundle of sentences.

[@jnusslein6301]

The three gorges dam is just like China itself, collapsed 3 times every year.

[@MrDudulex]

Every week

[@EvangelionJZL]

Gordon Chang: I assure you it will! right next week, if not then the week after, trust me bro

[@ikanfugu]

You wish. While your pathetic wish hasn't come through China has successfully sent a rover to Mars. Eat your heart out

[@Kokangalang]

@@ikanfugu yeah Russia and America did it way sooner. Oh yeah and by the way, did America have a famine that ended up in about 30 million deaths and caused 70 million failed births. Did they have a hundred day period of which children were killed and babies were forcefully aborted or did they have a cultural culling which killed even more people or did they ram down people protesting with tanks and killed 1000+ people for asking for simple rights. I don’t think so

[@ikanfugu]

@@Kokangalang They don't show you the pictures when the protesters killed the police n soldiers n burned the armoured car in Tiananmen square. The break up of soviets union caused civil wars even wars among the former warsaw members,million died instead of 1000. Read history, Do the math.

[@viufilm..]

I'm only watching this cuz it's homework

[@neutralino1905]

Waiting for the dam to collapse is the same as waiting for China to collapse. Read Gordon Chang's book to feel better, heh. Oh, and I won’t dignify that Andrew Nathan fool with a direct response, so I'll just say here that those old talking points are real old and mean nothing anymore.

[@johnnybc1520]

The CCP knows that the dam is a massive vulnerability that threatens their legitimacy and they can't pull out of it. It is like building a wounded up guillotine on the definition of your civilization. You have no response to this

[@neutralino1905]

@@johnnybc1520 It's no vulnerability because it was built to last. If it really were a flimsy piece of poorly-made garbage, it would have already collapsed decades ago. But you're right about one thing: it's very much in the government's interests to keep it standing, like it is for the US to keep the Hoover Dam standing for obvious reasons.

[@johnnybc1520]

@@neutralino1905 in an event of a war, it would be a prime target for nukes. Only a few nukes would cause the water to radiate the entire Yangtze river basin and cause the failure of every dam after three gorges

[@johnnybc1520]

@@neutralino1905 why would anyone build a dam on a river with hundreds of million of people living down stream. Extreme incompetence

[@neutralino1905]

@@johnnybc1520 Because before it was built, flooding caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. After it was built, deaths from flooding decreased dramatically. And the dam is built to withstand nukes. Not to mention how destroying dams is a war crime, and if we're at the point where nukes are flying, a dam collapsing won't even be the largest problem to worry about.

[@sohaibaslamrandhawa2626]

You are discussing social problem mores while technical problem far behind your controversial statement

[@parthamohan5891]

If Tibet would have been free these would have never happened!!!!

[@ikanfugu]

Tibetans in China already enjoying better standard of living n much superior infrastructures then the exiled Tibetans in India.

[@parthamohan5891]

@@ikanfugu infrastructures don't speak of freedom of mind...yes now Xi Jinping is listening to the voices of the the earlier unheard peoples & tribes still we can't forget the devasting damage done earlier...I myself being a Dai chinese & now living in Assam as a Tai-Ahom we know why we can't believe a Han Chinese!

[@ikanfugu]

@@parthamohan5891 you can't believe a Han Chinese? There are billion out there n you can't believe even one. It shows just how brainwashed you are.

[@ikanfugu]

@@parthamohan5891 people can visit China n india n see how people live. In India people are free to vote n free to die by the heaps, Chinese don't want that. Even Democratic Taiwanese would choose china over india to live.

[@ikanfugu]

@@parthamohan5891 mohan, take covid for example :China 's effective n efficient government has brought the virus under control in only a few months with less than 5000 deaths. Propaganda? How else can you explain China economic recovery n robust export since last year? Dead n sick Chinese can work? Please examine your own lies.

[@ヘスリングマイク-j2i]

The south side of the dam will collapse first. The deformation is so obvious.

[@BSPBuilder]

What deformation you are talking about?

[@stevenphang538]

The controversial is created by the media. The same content can be use for any country's dam. It is a dam and same purpose.

[@brettshrekington]

Is John podesta this dudes dad?

[@coseinstruments515]

sounds like the immediate benefits far outweighs the potential downsides...

[@gaoxiaen1]

Long-term- who knows?

[@lindasapiecha2515]

Terrible for the natural environment and the displaced people

[@alanrobert3]

Cha cha cha China just add water and watch the infrastructure crumble.

[@AyushKumar-pt7bx]

Thanks for this detailed analysis of China's biggest and world largest dam. indeed there will be some consequences.

[@illiaster5237]

Nothing disastrous about it. Don't get your hopes up - unless you're named Gordon Chang, of course.

[@Kokangalang]

I just really hope to see the downfall of the ccp man, one of the most corrupt governments in the modern world.

[@kkyykao189]

@@Kokangalang Based on what criteria? Maybe you mean the US.

[@Kokangalang]

@@kkyykao189 based on facts? China is corrupt and will use short cuts on their projects. If you look at it many of their “cutting edge” buildings start to crumble immediately. Why would they crumble if it had such a high budget?. Unluckily due to extreme censoring I can’t come up with the 20 cases of corruption you want me to.

[@kkyykao189]

@@Kokangalang Are you telling me that other countries and governments don't have corruption. Who are you kidding? Taiwan's ex-president, Chen Shui-bian, was given a life sentence on corruption. A history of corruption in the united-states by Harvard University on September 23, 2020: Article in theguardian by George Monbiot: If you think the UK isn't corrupt, you haven't looked hard enough But the west dresses up the corruption activities by calling these lobbyists. Are you on drugs?

[@kkyykao189]

@@Kokangalang If you said China is the most corrupted country, have you done a comparison and analysis? Care to show me the details. Corruptions in Taiwan: Article in global security org Corruption has become endemic in Taiwan over the past decade. Although recent governments have made anti-corruption a priority, there has been little real progress. Corruption has been reported as most pervasive in the area of government procurement, particularly in public-sector construction projects. Local-level construction tenders seem to have the highest level of corruption. Some prosecutors estimate that payments to organized crime syndicates amount to 8 to 15 percent of the cost of all public engineering projects. The authorities have been investigating alleged corrupt procurement practices at both the provincial and central level. These investigations have resulted in a few convictions.

[@superbadmofo1]

They just celebrated several weddings in front of the dam....how unromantic...

[@Руссофобзатевающийрусофобию]

Why ther are no subtitles?

[@okmayendri201]

RRC: Three Gorges Dam

[@陈海波-z8e]

Just imagine how much coal it has saved, and how many people have saved (no floods like 1998 will happen again and no people need to died for that)

[@alvinca647]

@Finn Hansen Check how many deaths. You have no idea about flood in 1998. Flood in 2020 has fewer death.

[@winstonsmith8482]

Millions of people are at risk if the dam collapses, and the dam seems to have become unstable.

[@ihsanbajwa3974]

تھری گورجئس ڈیم جو کہ چائنہ میں ہے دنیا کا سب سے بڑا ہائیڈل پاور جنریٹنگ ڈیم ہے۔۔۔۔۔کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں؟؟؟؟؟

[@DwayneScriven]

My father (jack scriven) was the president of the canadian company Teshmont Consulting Inc. They were the company tasked with allocating where all the electrical power the dam would produce would be sent to and how it was split up!! I remember as a child having dinner with chinese business executives and their CCP Handlers at our house in winnipeg, manitoba, canada where Teshmont Consulting was based. I even have a picture of me and my family and all the chinese staff at winnipeg airport when they left! great video, thanks for your work.

[@_peeg2033]

ok

[@goshimtired]

useless comment

[@Sendit123]

Your family shook hands with the enemy, I wouldn’t be proud about that. The CCP are evil scum.

[@_peeg2033]

damn this thread popping off ngl

[@trinasright8154]

Certainly nothing to be proud of...fraternizing with the enemy...and China is enemy of democracy.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

....may their love be as strong as the Dam....ha ha ha ha ha How many divorces now?

[@tinafriesen5965]

Haha

[@birenlimbu314]

Sour grapes!!!

[@Kokangalang]

Will turn into wine over time

[@a11-j6r2k]

This video is an 'unbiased' westerners' critique of China. 😆 🤣 😂

[@brownsrvlifecampground9322]

Oh wow that's cray

[@amanimrema9]

Electricity now become disaster

[@adolin1338]

Damn, that wedding at the start is beyond sad. Those poor brainwashed people

[@hhh-uw4ut]

as a Chinese. i totally know you western people were brainwashed by your mainstream media. because u have short eye

[@BoabisXscopeS]

It looks so much like America and other western countries tbh. The flag waving, the belief in their own superiority. I think if you can't recognise that then you're the exact same

[@adolin1338]

@@BoabisXscopeS where I'm from people get married individually in a beautiful building like a church or a fancy hotel... These people get married together at an industrial power plant... And they're so brainwashed they think it's special lmao. Its just sad

[@adolin1338]

@@hhh-uw4ut "brainwashed by your media" not taking advice from a Chinese person on that 😂😂😂 congrats for the most ridiculous comment I've seen this week

[@hhh-uw4ut]

@@adolin1338 china will need more coal if they don't build the dam. of course it damaged ecosystem but do u have a better solution to solve climate change and air pollution?fire coal is worse than breaking ecosystem by dam. but i don't think the Western media have the long term vision to think about that

[@Clownler]

thank god this isnt in french

[@kelseyturnis8716]

Jesus the comments on this are horrible. Which would you rather have, electricity & money or a planet, animals and food...? They should Tear down the dam and replace this energy with windpower.

[@bryans2790]

When did it collapse?

[@我在逛油管]

It hasn’t collapsed yet.

[@Kokangalang]

@@我在逛油管 *yet*

[@mikeliu5201]

In terms of dam infrastructure, French is still in kindergarten 😂

[@utahnick]

I couldn't help but think North Korea during the wedding scene.

[@lindanorris2455]

SURE.

[@utahnick]

@Shabushabu IndianshvanIQof83 STFU

[@alexanderfrazier8840]

It’s got a nice target painted on it doesn’t it

[@parthamohan5891]

"Hydrolic Bombs"

[@jeffreywright1114]

In war that dam would be #1?

[@md.foysalmridha1885]

May be it cause a huge Land Erosion.

[@salvadorvillasenor5774]

Ipinatayo ang 3 dam para sa ikabubuti din nila, ngunit ang natural calamity gaya ng bagyo,lindol,hindi kayang kontrolin ng tao yan lalo na yang lakas ng agos ng tubig,napakalakas nyan.Mahuhusay ang mga Chinese Engineers at magiging aral sa kanila ang nangyari at magagawa nilang makagawa uli ng mas matibay kaysa dating nasira.Pinakamahirap na kalaban yang natural calamity,gaya ng bagyo at lindol...

[@canuck21]

I rather have power dams than nuclear power plants.

[@mjohnson4568]

But, what about the 🌞? Right, they can't make any💰🏧💲🈶🤑!

[@MiguelGonzalez-if6rb]

COMUNISMO my frend it all be that way I LIVE THERE I AM CUBAN

[@justinvandal9696]

Canada on the way

[@josephdjackson9412]

Why is there no fish-LADDER built into this damn dam?! How could they have been so STUPID as to have failed to INCLUDE this most BASIC of environmental protections in the construction?!

[@love2kanta]

Funny, no one during this wedding is wearing a mask! smh.

[@margitdurisch9361]

love2kanta. Arme Menschen, umsonst hat der Chinese den neuen Vertrag unserer Helden nicht unterschrieben, ein Mann ein Wort ? ? ?

[@margitdurisch9361]

So kann man die Bevölkerung dezimieren.

[@Kokangalang]

Man only if this footage was perhaps recorded before the pandemic

[@amazingheritage]

Very impressive,,,

[@hanniedenboer3606]

Dif it colapse 7 nov 2020?

[@darkprince5213]

Are they practicing Christianity, because Chinese marriage ceremony is not like this

[@Tr.ll..n]

God, tonight my prayer is for the innocent people in China...please show them the face of my Lord Jesus Christ

[@bnj0828]

I'm just here to kill time too.

[@ferrjuan]

Here comes the China bots!

[@lisaking3996]

@heath cold the west monitors more

[@rahulborntobewild]

@heath cold really that's it ??? 1. Trade war 2. Taiwan 3. India 4. Support for Iran 5. South China sea 6. East China sea 7. China Virus 8. Islands and the weapons on them

[@peacelover8913]

@Aslan Pak Sar Zameen its a shame that your country is last but proud to say chyna first..oww paks

[@jenkinsherman8993]

你们确实不是机器人，而是西方傻屌，一开口就知道了

[@chrisg5229]

I wouldn't want to be anywhere downriver from that dam; not even for one day...

[@davebauman4991]

14:45 He's speaking German in Germany.

[@chrisrealino9674]

that is what we literally called"GREEDINESS."

[@SickPrid3]

but it's the "green energy" everyone wants

[@nabeelzafar8722]

Lol, if you don't understand it. Go against it.

[@JoeSmith-zg7in]

Get an axe and build a nice cabin. axes are dirt cheap.and live on potatoes.

[@jeffczermanski2993]

I wouldn't be surprised if the people complaining that they were displaced happen to 'mysteriously' disappear. If they think they will get anything from complaining except trouble they are seriously mistaken. What country do they think the are in?

[@edwardpiper2749]

Damn

[@miq-as]

People commenting in this video from their Chinese built i phones or computer..... and most likely the screen behind the reporter and the cameras and computers used to make this report is also made in china...... LMAO

[@bennetttan8535]

Look at the amount of people desperately praying for the downfall of the dam hahahahhaha

[@resistor8735]

Amazing bio labs under the dam.

[@simonchang3929]

But the Wolf never comes????

[@spamleatherneck6077]

Breed, raise and release fish, restock fish

[@erictirado147]

Has to do with industrial pollution in the rivers, first fix that then fish can flourish

[@ikanfugu]

@@erictirado147 they have been releasing fish stocks n other measures to ensure the healthy ecology.

[@dznuts123]

nothing is truly perfect, and the dam perfectly illustrates this point with its tradeoffs. pro: electricity, flood control (don't underestimate the floods in china) con: ecological disruption, forced migration of humans and animals now that the decision is made for china, can you imagine what would have happened if the dam weren't built? how many millions would have lost their lives to floods? what about electricity?

[@Kokangalang]

“Why did you destroy the habitat of possible a hundred living species” China: Money

[@dznuts123]

@@Kokangalang Says you. Do you know how much electricity those dams generate? Do you know how many lives they have saved from floods? Are you aware of the severity of floods in china? You don't care about their lives, so don't act like a saint.

[@Kokangalang]

@@dznuts123 not saying I’m not a saint, just saying china is far from it. Also that comment didn’t represent the construction of the dam. Also the dam failed to work and they had to do a emergency release of water flooding many areas around the dam. The concrete was bending. Also it’s a joke lol

[@dznuts123]

@@Kokangalang the dam didn't fail to work. check your facts again. emergency release is normal. wait, actually you would store the water until the dam breaks. the construction was not done in the best way, sure, but the dam has done its job. if it's a joke as you claimed, why is it still standing?

[@Kokangalang]

@@dznuts123 the dam failed to work….. How are you denying it wasn’t working. Not in the context you gave “not working” Damn you guys really deny everything wrong with your country

[@vbs7953]

China constructed 11 giant dams on Mekong River, causing severe drought and saline intrusion in the lower basin.

[@TheLeaderr]

Is this all you can come up with? Including that ridiculous satellite image? Really? This is pretty sad :/...

[@norden9999]

4:18 Wrong, it is happening now. 🤣🤣🤣

[@nigelr3628]

Shameful people

[@abitchcouldnevayoucanttouc5147]

thanks again for nothing!!

[@canuckcanadian753]

This dam is about to collapse lol

[@cryptohornbill9658]

When 😂😂😂😂

[@柠檬-u5k]

How exciting, right? But no.

[@menghu6683]

什么时候

[@leeben7605]

Hehe fake news