(March 31, 2004) The company building the Three Gorges dam has signed purchase contracts with two Chinese firms and Alstom of France for the 12 hydropower generating units destined for the right-bank powerhouse of the Three Gorges dam.
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Water quality ‘worrisome’ in Three Gorges area
(April 1, 2004) Citing ‘worrisome’ levels of industrial pollution, China’s state environmental agency has acknowledged that pollution-control efforts in the Three Gorges reservoir area have not gone as well as planned, China Daily reports.
Vietnam voices worry over Mekong hydropower
(September 29, 2008) Vietnamese officials voice concerns about planned hydropower development on the lower Mekong at a conference held in Vientiane last week. Millions of Vietnamese who rely on fishing and farming in the Mekong delta could be negatively affected.
Water from Hebei eases Beijing water shortage
(September 29, 2008) During the six months, some 1.3 million tonnes of water will arrive in Beijing everyday via a newly-dug 307-km underground canal, which forms part of the middle route of the project.
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Flood-hit farmers bank on Three Gorges, but experts less sure
(December 13, 2005) Millions living along the Yangtze River are hopeful that the big dam will finally tame the unruly river. But observers who have studied China’s efforts to curb the Yangtze via the massive construction project are far less upbeat.
Three Gorges project to launch five-billion yuan bond
(December 17, 2005) The Three Gorges Project Corp. plans to issue bonds worth five billion yuan (US$600 million) to domestic investors.
China to host Three Gorges tourism festival
(December 18, 2005) Yichang, near the Three Gorges dam, is planning various events this fall ‘to showcase the emerging world-class hydropower city,’ Xinhua reports.
China migrants held for Three Gorges protest – group
(December 21, 2005) Police in eastern China detained 40 people who had demanded to be sent back to their homes in the southwest which they were forced to leave to make way for the giant Three Gorges dam, a rights group said on the weekend.
Dam shame: China’s Three Gorges dam
(December 27, 2005) The Economist asks: What happens to the villagers slated for resettlement who dare to protest? ‘We don’t dare to speak out,’ one villager says. ‘If we do, we’ll be arrested.’
China considers radical plan for saving river dolphins
(December 27, 2005) Scientists in China are preparing a drastic rescue plan for one of the planet’s rarest animals – a dolphin with the misfortune of living in one of China’s busiest and most polluted rivers.
Yangtze dam workers race against time
(December 28, 2005) With cracks to fill and toxins to remove before the water rises next year, the people of the Yangtze can only hope no one cuts any fatal corners, John Gittings writes.
China blows up Three Gorges downstream cofferdam
(December 28, 2005) The downstream cofferdam was demolished on July 1, two months ahead of schedule, Xinhua reports.
Three Gorges project cuts cost estimate
(December 29, 2005) Project officials still need to raise US$7.2 billion to complete construction of the world’s biggest dam.
Mekong Panel Lacks Transparency: NGOs
(September 26, 2008) As a three-day meeting of the Mekong River Commission focusing on hydropower development started Thursday in Vientiane, a regional alliance of NGOs blasted the commission for failing to publicize critical information on the Mekong dams.
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