A general view shows the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river
A general view shows the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river in Yichang in central China's Hubei province May 17, 2006 as the construction on the dam is set to finish next week. With the last of the concrete being poured nearly a decade after China stemmed the flow of the Yangtze River to begin work, environmentalists say it should provide a cautionary tale to an energy-hungry government pushing similar hydropower dam projects. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause