Why did the Chinese writer Dai Quing spent 10 months in jail?

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Why did the Chinese writer Dai Quing spent 10 months in jail?

The Three Gorges is a dam in construction it is meant to be constructed by the year 2009. It is being constructed in the river Yangtze one of the largest rivers in the world located in Asia. It is the worlds largest dam, it is supposed to control flooding, improve navigation and to provide hydro-electricity. It will be a very a very expensive project but it will bring a lot of benefits. The dam is going to stop the catastrophic and not so big floods that tend to occur in the region each century. In the last 20 centuries there has being a great flood at least. In the summer, when most of the tourism takes places, is when the river is probably going to flood. So the Chinese government wants to stop this because it puts in risk many people's lives and with they will win a lot of things. Great doubts remain in this project because although there are many benefits there are also some big disadvantages
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Here is a map of the location of the Three Gorges Dam

There are many advantages, it will bring hydro-electric power which is a renewable energy. This means that you can use it as long as you want. It is also very cheap and the dams are so huge that they will produce thousands of energy. For the economy this would be a big improvement because they will be able to supply a larger population of Asia with energy and provide with more cheap energy to the rest. It will also be an improvement ...

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