Category Archives: Three Gorges Probe

Chinese dam triggers earthquake, rattles Hong Kong

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

(February 16, 2012) An earthquake that shook Hong Kong early this morning was triggered by the Xinfengjiang dam on China’s mainland, say officials from the Guangdong Provincial Seismological Bureau. Continue reading →

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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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Weibo Watch: Issue 10

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

(January 23, 2012) In this instalment of Weibo Watch: grassroots social activism takes off. Continue reading →

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China’s State Council issues death sentence for legendary Yangtze fish

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

(January 6, 2012) The Xiaonanhai hydro project slated for the Yangtze River poses a threat to China’s most precious wild fish and the supremacy of the law, say Chinese environmentalists and scientists. Continue reading →

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Geology expert Yang Yong on the challenges facing China’s most controversial dam projects

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

(January 5, 2012) Yang Yong on the future of river management in China and the issues currently facing the country’s more controversial dam projects. Continue reading →

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The best way to promote human rights in Asia

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

(December 8, 2011) The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada held an online conversation on the question: is there a “best way” for Canada to promote human rights in Asia? Patricia Adams of Probe International says that there is: by “getting its own house in order and ensuring that Canada does not aid and abet abuses abroad.” 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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