BBC’s Michael Bristow quotes Chinese writer Dai Qing in response to the Chinese government’s campaign to downplay the environmental effects of the Three Gorges dam. “If they’re saying that the landslides have nothing to do with the reservoir than they are telling lies,” Dai Qing told the BBC. The activist said the area was unstable before construction began, and was never a suitable site to build such a large dam. “They’re not truthfully reflecting a serious situation and government is not being responsible to business or to China,” she added.