As protests continue over dam-building, a landmark review calls for a rethink on future projects
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Embezzled dam cash 'recovered'
Much of the 1.96 billion yuan (HK$1.82 billion) that was earmarked to resettle families displaced by the Three Gorges Dam but was embezzled or misused has been recovered, auditors say.
China’s folly: Timebomb at Three Gorges
Critics argue that the dam is a folly from an environmental, technical and social point of view.
Lake pollution worsens despite cleanup
The condition of Lake Tai, one of China’s most polluted lakes, has worsened despite two years spent trying to clean it up.
U.S.-based ITT Industries wins environmental contracts for Suzhou river, Three Gorges dam
ITT Industries, U.S.-based company, announced that along with its Chinese partners it had won contracts totaling 15 million renminbi (US$1.81 million) for two major engineering projects
Gorge yourselves: Provinces required to buy electricity from Three Gorges
Provincial and city authorities have been instructed to designate the Three Gorges Power Station as a top source for electric power.
Dam shame
Most of the world’s 45,000 large dams don’t do their jobs properly. So concludes the first ever global audit of a technology that has cost $2 trillion over the past century.
China’s Three Gorges Dam to create giant cesspool: group
A reservoir created by China’s Three Gorges Dam will become a giant cesspool because of pollution that is threatening the Yangtze River, a monitoring group said Monday.
Three Gorges dam project costing US$2.89 billion less than expected, overseer says
Construction for the Three Gorges Dam Project seems to be going better than expected, or at least that’s what the project’s general manger is saying.
Three Gorges dam ‘on schedule’
The Three Gorges Dam project will be completed on schedule in 2009, a senior company official was quoted as saying yesterday.
Major electrical artery comes to life at Three Gorges dam project
A major component of Three Gorges dam project, a 500,000-volt power transmission line began transmitting power on Oct. 11, 2000
Concrete pouring at Three Gorges dam resumes
Concrete pouring at the Three Gorges dam on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, has fully resumed after being suspended due to a major accident early last month.
Unrest grows in Three Gorges resettlement areas
As violence grows in the Three Gorges resettlement areas, international NGOs call for immediate action by government and investors to address affected peoples’ grievances.
U.S.-based Rotec sued for Three Gorges accident
The wife of a construction worker who died while working on the site is now suing Rotec Industries, a U.S.-based manufacturer of conveyor systems that transport and place concrete
NGOs urge response to grievances over Three Gorges resettlement
As violence grows in the Three Gorges resettlement areas, international NGOs call for immediate action by government and investors to address affected peoples’ grievances.


