(December 8, 1998) ‘Although the waves caused by explosion were a little stronger than predicted, the dam and the power plant were unharmed,’ said Wu Xinxia, head of the demolition team that blew up the top 30 metres of the Three Gorges cofferdam.
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FEATURE: What price the Three Gorges project?
(September 18, 2008) By the end of this year China’s Three Gorges Corporation plans to raise its reservoir to a final height of 175 metres despite experts’ warnings that higher water levels are likely to accelerate sedimentation and render the port of Chongqing useless within the first 10 years of operation.
China’s Three Gorges
(October 1, 1999) China’s biggest construction project since the Great Wall generates controversy at home and abroad.
China: Foreign experts hired to supervise Three Gorges project
(August 31, 1999) "the Three Gorges Dam is an open project, so we will continue to employ more foreign experts to help supervise and give consultancy to the construction in a bid to integrate China’s fine traditions with advanced world management concepts and make sure that the Three Gorges Project will last for a thousand years."
China: Workers pouring concrete at Three Gorges dam
(August 31, 1999) …workers are now engaged in pouring concrete for the dam, as concrete is needed for the permanent ship lock, the riverbed dam, and the power plants on the left bank of the Yangtze.
Contract received for Three Gorges
(August 1, 1999) Atkinson has received a contract from the China Three Gorges Project Development Corporation (CTGPC) to serve in an advisory capacity preliminarily specified for one year for Phase 2 of the project, which includes the construction of spillway, powerhouse, shiplock, and shiplift.
PM warns against negligence on Three Gorges Dam project
(December 30, 1998) Prime Minister Zhu Rongji Wednesday warned engineers building the massive Three Gorges Dam to avoid "carelessness or negligence" in its construction, the state-controlled Xinhua news agency said.
Three Gorges corporate network access platform launched
(May 19, 1999) Canada network company, New Bridge (Xin Qiao) company has released their ATM network product for Three Gorges corporate network application, and so Three Gorges corporate network access platform was officially launched.
Three Gorges tourism drying up
(December 8, 1999) An anticipated surge in overseas tourists wanting to cruise down the Yangtze River has failed to materialise, leaving ports near the Three Gorges full of idle luxury boats. Most of the 60 luxury vessels that travel through the area remain docked in Chongqing, Yichang and Wuhan, yesterday’s Beijing Morning Post reported. Last month, only two of the cruises were operating.
The number of overseas tourists taking a Three Gorges cruise has dropped from a peak of 100,000 in 1994 to fewer than 50,000 this year up to November.
Tourism at Three Gorges nosedives
(December 9, 1999) Redundant investment and cutthroat competition by cruise lines are ruining the tourist industry at the Three Gorges, China’s legendary scenic wonder, reported the December 8, 1999 Hua Sheng Bao (Hua Sheng Overseas Chinese Newspaper).
Chile’s Hidroaysen may flood Patagonia park
(September 17, 2008) In addition to displacing 14 families and flooding major sections of Region XI’s Baker and Pascua river valleys, the controversial HidroAysén dam project – by the company’s own admission – looks to encroach on a nearby national park. HidroAysén is a joint entity created in 2006 by Spanish- Italian electricity giant Endesa and Chilean utility Colbún. HidroAysén project would flood portions of the Baker river valley.
Nam Theun electricity consortium: Rising water, falling expectations
(September 17, 2008) In June of this year, the World Bank-financed and French-led Nam Theun 2 Electricity Consortium began filling the Nam Theun 2 reservoir in central Laos despite its failure to produce feasible plans and the necessary budget for restoring displaced people’s livelihoods, Shannon Lawrence of US-based International Rivers reports.
Lao-Thai Hydropower Purchase
(September 16, 2008) A possible increase in the price of electricity from Laos forces Thailand to consider seeking alternative electricity sources.
New geomorphological index created for studying active tectonics of mountains
(June 3, 2008) To build a hospital, nuclear power station or a large dam you need to know the possible earthquake risks of the terrain. Now, researchers from the Universities of Granada and Jaen, alongside scientists from the University of California, have developed, based on relief data from the southern edge of the Sierra Nevada, a geomorphological index that analyses land form in relation to active tectonics, applicable to any mountain chain on the planet.
Chinese think tank report warns on relations between public, go’t officials
(September 12, 2008) A report from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the country’s leading think tank, warned conflict between the public and government officials had become more obvious in recent years.
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