Yichang

A model poses to promote Geely cars at an auto show in Yichang, Hubei province in this April 7, 2006 photo.

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Reuters FLOWING: A journalist filmed near the Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei province, China, Tuesday.

Photos of the Day: Oct. 26 2010

Two girls enjoy a water-surface walk inside a ball in Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province October 5, 2006.

Water-Surface Walking Ball Big in China | Impact Lab 2006

Though the voyage takes place upriver to the west of the dam, the boat also goes through a series of locks -- gated enclosures where the level of the water can be changed to raise or lower boats from one level to another -- to get to and from Yichang, which is east of the Three Gorges dam.

The Yangtze, China 2009

“if you are going downstream from Chongqing to Yichang (as we did), you board on a Wed night, depart early Thursday morning, and arrive at the Three Gorges Dam on Saturday morning for a tour, and disembark the ship a few hours later in Yichang.”

Yangtze Cruise info « Peace Corps: China 2008

Ming Ming, managed to get his head stuck in the bars of his home in Yichang, China.

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Traveling upstream or downstream between Chongqing and Yichang for three-night trips, the ship stops at Daoist temples and remote villages, and offers views of the controversial Three Gorges Dam, which displaced more than a million residents and flooded 1,300 archaeological monuments.

Ships for the Hip 2011

Sanctuary Retreats The Yangzi Explorer travels upstream or downstream between Chongqing and Yichang for three-night trips.

Second Golden Age of Cruising 2011

Workers tried to stop the waste brought by the flood near the sluicing area of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang Tuesday.

China Floods Worst in Decade 2010

FLOOD CONTROL: The Three Gorges Dam discharged water to lower the level in a reservoir Tuesday in Yichang, Hubei province.

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