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Bloomberg·2025-07-30 13:30
The world's biggest dam isn't just about energy. Xi Jinping sees the $167 billion project as a means to boost China's economy.The multi-billion project could end up using as much cement as 58 Hoover Dams, more steel than 116 Empire State Buildings, and enough concrete to build a two-lane road circling the Earth five times over https://t.co/BvYZpgoSlz📷: Li Xueren/Xinhua/eyevine/Redux; Bloomberg reporting; HydroSHEDS; satellite images from Maxar Technologies, CNES / Airbus, Landsat / Copernicus, Airbus via Go ...