Rediscovering the Yangtze River – The Dream of the Three Gorges

In this episode our itinerary by the Yangtze will carry us to the imposing Three Gorges, Qutang, Wuxia and Xiling. There we will be witness of the anguishes and rewards lived by the protagonists of the largest human migration in history and we will know closely the largest hydroelectric dam of the world. There we will see how the enormous force of the Yangtze is utilized to generate the energy that illuminates China. China … the legendary Asian empire that never seizes to amaze us with its originality and evoloution of its civilization. The country that has had the fastest development also has the third largest river in the world. Majestically flowing through its land, the mighty river Yangtze. In this facinating 6 part series through the scenary, history, and people that surround this great river, you will get a chance to experience a journey that lead us to discover the influence that the river Yangtze has had and the extoridinary changes experienced by China starting in 1980 that proves that next to the Yellow River the Yangtze can be seen as a new mother river.