The Three Gorges Dam in China, biggest dam ever, is being filled.  I regret not having been to Three Gorges for I'll never see it in my life time.  When I was growing up in Korea, I read about the Three Gorges from the classic Chinese novel Three Kingdoms (a book read by every single Korean at least once) and other Chinese novels translated into Korean.  The place was well known for its beauty and history of battles raged around the area.

The Chinese govenment is destroying not only the environment, but also history and tourism.  It's worse than filling Grand Canyon.