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Gorging Themselves China's controversial Three Gorges dam looks like small potatoes next to the country's latest proposed water project, a gargantuan network of dams and canals designed to divert water from the south to thirsty northern cities such as Beijing. The project would cost $60 billion over 50 years (twice as muc ...