Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
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Peng Zongying stands near terraced hillsides and a drainage channel which are part of the Yangtze River watershed rehabilitation project in Huang Hua Township, China, on July 5. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Tourists look at a model of the Three Gorges Dam project in China. The dam forced 1.3 million people to relocate - but it creates hydropower and helps control flooding on the Yangtze River. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Passengers climb the banks of the Yantgze River and pass through a pagoda after a ferry crossing in Hubei Province, upriver from the Three Gorges Dam. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Sui Fengyun, left, and Han Qinghua speak about losing their homes to the Three Gorges Dam project, in the small town of Guojiaba, Hubei Province. They re-enact the huge landslide that hit their town last year. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Peasant farmers tend to tea plants in Hubei Province. Terraced hillsides have aided in preventing landslides along the Yangtze River basin near the Three Gorges Dam, and also allow peasant farmers to produce more and irrigate their crops. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
A small boat makes it way up the Yangtze River reservoir upriver of the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Chen Xianru is a peasant farmer who grows oranges and peaches in Huang Hua Township. He has been able to produce more due to terraced hillsides which are part of the Yangtze River watershed rehabilitation project. The extra money allows him to send his twin girls to a good school. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Tourists look at locks at the Three Gorges Dam. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Qiao Shihu speaks about how he lost his land to the Three Gorges Dam reservoir, in Xiangjiadian, Hubei Province, then his house collapsed due to a landslide. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
The Three Gorges Dam disappears into the fog in China, as tourists come to view one of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
The dam took 17 years to build - from 1994-2009 - and is still undergoing additional construction. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Xiang Yue speaks about how she lost her land and her house to the Three Gorges Dam reservoir, in Xiangjiadian, Hubei Province. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Workers help clean up and replace the roadway at the site of a landslide beside the Yangtze River reservoir in Hubei Province, upriver from the Three Gorges Dam. An increase in landslides in the area are suspect. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
A little girl sits in her family's truck as they cross the Yangtze River on a ferry, upriver from the Three Gorges Dam. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Boats make their way up the Yangtze River reservoir. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
A movement in China to make the Communist Party subordinate to the national constitution has conservatives fighting back.
It is hard to imagine bloggers and tweeters in most parts of the world working themselves into a lather of intellectual excitement about “constitutional government.”
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