Category Archives: Articles by Dai Qing

Dai Qing: On The Completion of the Three Gorges Project

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

(April 7, 2011) Dai Qing, Chinese investigative journalist and Probe International Fellow, delivered the following speech about the Three Gorges Dam project in November 2010 while on a speaking tour in British Columbia, Canada. In her address, she reports that the problems predicted by dam critics published in her books, “Yangtze! Yangtze!” and “The River Dragon Has Come!,” are now coming true. Continue reading →

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Dai Qing: The Confucius Peace Prize

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

(December 14, 2010) Noted Chinese dissident and Probe International Fellow Dai Qing reflects on China’s decision to create it own peace prize. Continue reading →

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Dai Qing’ speech: China’s “Rise” and the Environment’s Decline

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

(December 3, 2010) A speech given by Probe International Fellow and noted Chinese dissident writer, Dai Qing, at the University of Toronto’s Munk Center on China’s so-called “rise” and the consequences of its “economic miracle” for the citizens of China and its environment. This speech was given on October 26, 2010. Continue reading →

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Dai Qing: Packing my luggage and going home

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

(November 24, 2010) Dai Qing, outspoken critic of the Chinese government and banned writer, gets her wish. A deserving activist from Liu Xia’s List heads to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, and she heads home. Continue reading →

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Dai Qing: The illusion of China’s rise

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

(November 7, 2010) Writing in the National Post, Chinese dissident writer and Probe International Fellow Dai Qing says China’s much-celebrated “rise” is no rise at all. Continue reading →

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Dai Qing: Liu Xia’s Grand List

Posted on November 5, 2010 by

(November 5, 2010) Statement by dissident writer Dai Qing, calling on Chinese officials to release Liu Xiaobo and announcing that she will attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, even as the Chinese government pursues a crackdown on the country’s critics and activists. Continue reading →

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Dai Qing: People’s power

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

(October 14, 2010) Dai Qing, one of China’s foremost writers, recently wrote in Radio Free Asia about a dinner held in honour of Xie Chaoping, the author of “The Great Relocation” who was detained in August at his Beijing home on charges of “illegal activities” and held until September 17 in a Shaanxi Province jail. Continue reading →

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The expensive Three Gorges flood control project

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

(August 19, 2010) As the Chinese people fret these days about our unusual weather, and about floods in the north and south, and in the Yangtze valley in particular, a Web posting attracted widespread attention. Using material from the official media, such as Xinhua and CCTV, and highlighting their headlines in particular, the authors accused the Three Gorges project authority of “boasting.” Continue reading →

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