It's the world's largest dam. It's a bug status symbol for them, and they put it up extremely quickly. Doing so devastated eco systems, destroyed thousands if years of history and displaced thousands.
If it's in fact on the verge of failing its not just a symbol of Chinese power waning, but it'll be a huge humanitarian disaster. China would be devastated in almost every way you can think of.
Maybe a bit like if Hoover Dam failed here, it's a high profile public work, that would be embarrassing, but fewer people would be killed with Hoover than with Three Gorges. Also the economic impact would be much smaller. Frankly, since Hoover is getting close to 100 years old, it wouldn't be as much of a loss of face.
It's the world's largest dam. It's a bug status symbol for them, and they put it up extremely quickly. Doing so devastated eco systems, destroyed thousands if years of history and displaced thousands.
If it's in fact on the verge of failing its not just a symbol of Chinese power waning, but it'll be a huge humanitarian disaster. China would be devastated in almost every way you can think of.
Maybe a bit like if Hoover Dam failed here, it's a high profile public work, that would be embarrassing, but fewer people would be killed with Hoover than with Three Gorges. Also the economic impact would be much smaller. Frankly, since Hoover is getting close to 100 years old, it wouldn't be as much of a loss of face.