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The retreat ended in 1938 with the Nationalist government dug in behind the gorges of the Yangzi River, in the last-ditch capital of Chongqing.
If you go inland, you can still take the celebrated four-day boat trip between Wuhan and Chongqing through the Yangzi (Yangtze) River gorges (before they are swallowed up by a massive dam project to be completed after 2009), and from there fly to Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou for sightseeing, shopping, and gourmet dining.
In 1992 the National People’s Congress passed a resolution to launch the massive Three Gorges Hydropower Project, including the construction of a huge dam and a reservoir, slated for completion sometime after the year 2009, which will submerge the most scenic sections of the river.
South of Toploú the road sweeps on to the modern village of Palékastro and its nearby ancient site of the same name, then doglegs south to Zákros where you can leave the car and hike to the coast down one of the most dramatic gorges in the east, the Valley of the Dead.
The leisurely three-hour ride passes through steep gorges, narrow terraced rice paddies, and neatly tailored tea plantations hugging the mountain slopes with not a square inch of usable land wasted.