PolyU Library
Journal Call no.AP8.W56
AuthorYi, Xuan.
Article TitleGorges' thriving city : historical Yangtze township emerges from backwaters / Yi Xuan and James Ning.
Is Part OfWindow ; v.5, no. 24, 28 Jun 1996, p.20-22, illus.
AbstractIt took the people of Yichang in western Hubei province around 20 demanding years to complete the city's huge Gezhouba water-control and power project - an undertaking that brought an unprecedented level of new industry and battalions of outside workers who stayed on to swell the population to its current 520,000 and prosperity.