China’s plan to change itself

Additional contributions by Haosiang Ko, Chris Campbell and Annalee Mather.

The location and route of the tunnel system for the hydroelectric dam are indicative, as official designs have not been made public. Although the route shown is approximate, it follows elevation changes consistent with the proposed plans Facility.

Mahboob Sahana, an environmental geographer at the University of Manchester, and Ye Huang, a researcher at Global Energy Monitor, assessed potential locations for the facility and reviewed satellite imagery to determine whether recent construction activity was linked to it. Project.

Images of major infrastructure projects included at the top of the story, in the order they appeared: China News Service/Getty Images; CPhoto/Sipa USA; Xinhua/Shutterstock; CPhoto/Sipa USA; Reuters; Xinhua/Shutterstock; CPhoto/Sipa USA; China Nouvelle/Sipa/Shutterstock. The video of ski resorts in Xinjiang was taken from Xiaohongshu Social, China Media platform.