简介：Acountrywherenothingseemsimpossible,wantstopresentChinawhentheworldislookingattheOlympicGamesinBeijing.Butwhatisthepricefortheemergingworldeconomicmiracle?Aspeoplelivebetweenthemetropolisandtradition?WhereisstirringconflictintheMiddleKingdom?AtriptotheYangtzeRiver-themostimportantandmosthistoricriverinChina-istosolvesomemysteriesthatarehiddenbehindtheglitteringfacadeofChina.China'slongestriver,thegovernmentprovidesthemid-90stoprovethatitsgiganticplansforthefuturenooneandnothingstandsintheway.Morethan2000kilometersfromthecapitalontheYangtzecreatedabuildingofalmostunimaginableproportions:thelargestdamintheworld.Itcoversnotonlyonetenthoftheelectricitydemandofthecountrybutwillalsoallowvesselstotravelozeangängigerfarintothehinterlandandtopreventfloodsofthecentury.…