(June 26, 2008) Beijing’s policy of draining surrounding regions to ease water shortages in the ancient capital is akin to "quenching thirst by drinking poison," according to a new report by Probe International’s Beijing-based researchers. Now with a 2010 Update.
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Beijing’s water supply in state of crisis
(June 26, 2008) China’s ambitious hopes for a "green" Beijing Olympics have magnified, not relieved, the city’s reckless dependence on water from strained underground supplies and a mammoth canal project, a critical report says.
Gorges opens floodgates to feed thirsty Yangtze
Beijing: China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, has opened its floodgates to ease water shortages not seen along the Yangtze River since the Qing Dynasty, state media said on Thursday.
Southern track of Three Gorges ship lock reopens to traffic
Three Gorges dam, Yichang: Traffic on the southern track of the dual-track ship lock on the Three Gorges Dam resumed on Saturday after a four-month project to raise the lock bed.
Over 270 mln yuan of Three Gorges Dam resettlement funds misappropriated
Beijing: China’s National Audit Office (CNAO) has found that 272 million yuan (34.8 million U.S. dollars) of the funds allocated to the resettlement of residents displaced by the Three Gorges Dam project in 2004 and 2005 have been misappropriated by local authorities.
Money for Three Gorges migrants misused
by Li Xinran, Shanghai Daily January 27, 2007 China’s auditing watchdog revealed that some local authorities have misappropriated funds raised for relocating and aiding Three Gorges migrants, Xinhua news agency reported. In […]
PI Report: Beijing’s Water Crisis: 1949-2008 Olympics
(June 26, 2008) Beijing’s policy of draining surrounding regions to ease water shortages in the ancient capital is akin to "quenching thirst by drinking poison," according to a new report by Probe International’s Beijing-based researchers.
Beijing’s water supply in state of crisis
(June 26, 2008) China’s ambitious hopes for a “green” Beijing Olympics have magnified, not relieved, the city’s reckless dependence on water from strained underground supplies and a mammoth canal project, a critical reports says.
Officials misuse $37 mln at Three Gorges
Shanghai: China’s National Audit Office revealed this week that as much as RMB 289 million ($37.15 million) of the Three Gorges relocation fund was misused between 2004 and 2005.
Fishing ban to start on China's Yangtze River
Wuhan: A three-month fishing ban on the Yangtze River imposed by the Ministry of Agriculture will take effect this Thursday. Fishing boats will be banned from trawling 1,000 kilometers of the river in central China’s Hubei Province and southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality.
Three Gorges increases water flow to feed thirsty Yangtze River
The Three Gorges Dam began on Thursday to increase water flow by 400 cubic meters per second to feed the thirsty middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Chongqing Municipality was urged Saturday to recover resettlement funds misappropriated during the country’s massive Three Gorges Project as rapidly as possible.
"The increase will make the water that flows into the dam reach 4,800 cubic meters per second and ensures 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours more electricity is generated," said Yuan Jie, a senior engineer with the project.
"The water level in the Three Gorges reservoir will fall by four meters from the current 155 meters," Yuan said.
Local gov't told to cough up misused funds in China's Three Gorges Project
Chongqing Municipality was urged Saturday to recover resettlement funds misappropriated during the country’s massive Three Gorges Project as rapidly as possible.
International financial institutions and financial accountability
(June 25, 2008) A report by Austrian-based economist Kunibert Raffer published last year and now available for access on the Odious Debts Online Web site, calls for the creation of a permanent international court of arbitration to work through disputes between IFIs and borrowing countries.
Landslide hits town near China’s Three Gorges dam
(April 20, 2008) Emergency workers are still trying to rescue almost 200 people from a village that was nearly inundated by a massive landslide near the Three Gorges dam in central China on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reports.
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