The current health crisis in China will have no impact on plans to
fill the Three Gorges reservoir next month, state media reports.
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Cofferdam downstream Three Gorges Dam dismantled
The last section of a cofferdam built to facilitate construction of the Three Gorges Project from the southern bank of the Yangtze was dismantled in seconds after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday.
Relocated residents to reach 1.35 mln in Three Gorges Project
A Three Gorges Project official has said that 1.35 million residents in the dam area will need be relocated, 220,000 more than the original plan.
NPC deputy calls for waiving charges to visit Three Gorges Dam
How much should be paid for a visit to the world’s largest hydroelectric project. The answer of a Chinese legislator is "free". Peng Fuchun, a deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), said he would make a suggestion to the NPC, the country’s top legislature, at its upcoming annual session that the Three Gorges Dam is open free of charge to all tourists.
Chinese experts appeal to authorities to suspend big dam projects in southwest China following Sichuan’s deadly earthquake
(June 19, 2008) Experts in geology, water conservancy, and environmental protection have jointly appealed to authorities in Beijing to temporarily suspend the approval of big hydro dams in geologically unstable areas in southwest China.
Shipping industry expects dam closure to have “huge impact”
Shipping companies on the Yangtze River face a steep drop in income for the next two months while navigation is suspended near the Three Gorges dam.
Project manager talks to students about Three Gorges
‘The dam will never collapse and the reservoir will never flood the cities along the downstream valley,’ Lu Youmei reassures students at Beijing University.
Li Peng raises concerns about Three Gorges turbines and river-traffic disruption
Li Peng, long-time champion of the Three Gorges dam, has raised concerns about the project’s giant turbines, which will be larger and more complicated than any ever attempted before.
Comments on the revised ‘Resettlement rules and regulations of the Three Gorges dam’
Dr. Wei critically reviews the revised "Resettlement Rules and Regulations of the Three Gorges Dam.".
Three Gorges Petitioners
Three Gorges petitioners ‘held by police’, reports South China Morning Post.
Three Gorges Probe: Dam Protesters
Three Gorges dam protesters beaten, town held under guard.
Anger at dam corruption growing
The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reports that repeated clashes between Three Gorges residents and police in recent months is part of a growing wave of local protest against government corruption in relation to the Three Gorges dam.
Most farmers to stay near Three Gorges
South China Morning Post reports that the majority of farmers displaced by the Three Gorges dam will have to be resettled within the project area, according to resettlement officials quoted in an official Xinhua News Agency report.
Three Gorges dam builder pushes ahead with more giant dams on the Yangtze
The Chinese corporation in charge of building the massive Three Gorges dam has already started building another giant dam on a downstream tributary and has plans for another two dams upstream.
Special analysis, Yangtze dam: Not best way to reduce China’s reliance on coal
Proponents of the Three Gorges Project claim that the megadam is the best way to reduce China’s reliance on coal. Energy specialists argue, however, that switching from coal to gas, and using new technology of combined cycle gas turbines or cogeneration, would be able to reap greater environmental benefits than the Yangtze dam by a prospective 60 per cent reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.
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