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By Brian Richter A window of opportunity recently opened for me and my fellow conservationists while traveling in China. We met with government officials, trying to influence dam building plans on three great rivers: Yangtze (Jinsha), Mekong (Lancang) and the Salween (Nu). We blew through Beijing, Kunming, Lijiang, Liuku and Baoshan under the masterful care of the talented China program hosts. We met with hundreds of government officials at every level and corporate executives and engineers who have and continue to build the world’s largest dams. We were able to see how the Chinese people worked and lived around these rivers, and how the plants and animals found here sustain them. Before the sights, sounds, aromas and impressions of this extraordinary experience begin to fade, I thought I’d put some thoughts into this field journal. Next: The Sights and Sounds of China >>
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