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POV S21E13 — Up the Yangtze

POV•Season 21•Episode 13

Up the Yangtze

Oct 8, 200860 min

Nearing completion, China's massive Three Gorges Dam is altering the landscape and the lives of people living along the fabled Yangtze River. Countless ancient villages and historic locales will be submerged, and 2 million people will lose their homes and livelihoods. The Yu family desperately

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Episode Summary

"Up the Yangtze" is episode 13 of POV season 21. It aired on October 8, 2008.

Next: E14 · Soldiers of Conscience Best of Season 21