The Three Gorges, or “My blog is about to become inaccessible in China”

The Chinese are apparently about to relocate a further 4 million people, due to landslides and other geological things, caused by the massive Three Gorges Dam project.

This is on top of the already vast number of people previously relocated during the construction phase, who have lost a way of life and are now more dependent on the state for help than ever.

Environmentally, not only is mass migration of humans bad news in the short term, it also has huge long term consequences. Was the dam really worth all this?