Category Archives: Probe International in the News

Things you may not know about the history of the Three Gorges Dam Project

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

(February 8, 2012) Admissions of trouble at Three Gorges Dam by China’s powerful State Council last spring, left many wondering how the behemoth dam ever got off the drawing board. Now, in a first, behind the scenes, account of raw power politics, Guo Yushan from China’s Transition Institute describes how Three Gorges critics were silenced, and China’s power mandarins maneuvered, to build the world’s largest and most troubled dam. Read this translation by Probe International of the article that went viral on China’s Internet. Continue reading →

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Air pollution harder to deny in cyber China

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

(February 1, 2012) China’s cyber citizens, or ‘netizens’ as they are known, are forcing their government to come clean-er on air pollution. Continue reading →

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Did the Three Gorges Dam create China’s devastating drought?

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

(November 28, 2011) China’s Academy of Social Sciences says the Three Gorges Dam is not to blame for this year’s devastating drought. That is wrong, says Probe International’s Patricia Adams, who explains why Three Gorges is making downstream water shortages a chronic problem. Continue reading →

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Earthquakes, dams and responsibility

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

(November 21, 2011) Matt Ridley, writing about dams and induced seismicity in the Wall Street Journal, cites Probe International’s reports on the consequences of building the Three Gorges Dam: the Yangtze is drying up downstream, and seismic activity has increased 30-fold. Continue reading →

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Dam postponement seen as rebuke to Beijing

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

Myanmar’s announced cancellation of the Myitsone dam on the Irrawaddy River has brought long-standing tensions with China into the open – including setting off conflicts with the Kachin Independence Organization in the north of the country. “It may be that the Myanmar government sees Chinese investment, in particular the Myitsone dam, as a destabilising force,” said Patricia Adams. Continue reading →

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Joy amid caution as Burmese halt Chinese mega-dam

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

(October 8, 2011) The Burmese president announced that the controversial Chinese-financed Myitsone dam on the Irrawaddy River would be suspended. Now the Chinese government is threatening legal action if the rights and interests of its state enterprises aren’t protected. Continue reading →

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Africa’s odious debts: a new book reveals links between foreign loans and capital flight

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Africa’s Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent, by James Boyce and Leonce Ndikumana. Continue reading →

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China’s deadly dam fever

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

(August 31, 2011) Financial rewards for bypassing dam safety procedures have
created an unrestrained dam-building boom in China that is threatening lives and the
environment. Continue reading →

Posted in Beijing Water, China's Dams, Dams and Earthquakes, Dams and Landslides, Probe International in the News, Three Gorges Probe, Yangtze Floods and Drought | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment