Geo-News
Effect of China’s Economic Boom on the Rural Poor (White Horse Village)
An excellent series of documentaries and information showing how rapid urbanisation caused by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam has affected the people living in White Horse Village in rural China.
11th April 2009
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