(October 2, 2006) Author’s note: In 1986, The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee and China’s State Council commissioned a feasibility study for the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) project. Professor Huang Wanli, a hydrologist from Tsinghua University was not one of the 412 experts involved in the study. There were reasons for this snub;
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More people relocated for Three Gorges project
(October 2, 2006) The number of people relocated to make way for the massive Three Gorges Project in China has surpassed the planned 1.13 million and is expected to top 1.4 million, an official said on Sunday.
China Three Gorges dam to displace 1.4M
(October 2, 2006) The total number of people who will be displaced by China’s massive Three Gorges dam has been raised by 270,000, to 1.4 million people, state media said.
China Three Gorges Dam to close to tourists during National Day holiday
(October 2, 2006) China’s Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydro-electric project, will close to visitors during the National Day “Golden Week” holiday.
Srepok Environmental Assessment by Probe International
(October 1, 2006) Environmental impact assessment on the Cambodian part of Srepok River
due to hydropower development in Vietnam.
Review of SWECO Groner’s environmental impact assessment of Srepok EIA
(October 1, 2006) The Srepok EIA review was compiled by the 3S Working Group (a coalition of national and international NGOs and partners working to support communities living along the Sesan, Srepok and Sekong Rivers) with technical and professional review and comments.
Longtan hydropower plant begins water storage
(September 30, 2006) The reservoir of the Longtan hydropower project, China’s third largest hydroelectric plant, began storing water on Saturday when four sluice gates were lowered to stop the flow of the Hongshui River.
China releases green GDP index, tests new development path
(September 28, 2006) The Chinese government released its first “green” gross domestic product (GDP) report earlier this month, presenting an alternative to the nation’s current economic development path.
Dams on Salween – test for Burmese, Thai juntas
(September 28, 2006) Will South-east Asia’s last untouched body of water, the Salween river, emerge as a testing ground for the future relationship between this region’s oldest military regime, in Burma, and the new junta on the block, in Thailand?
Foisting the costs onto others: The Three Gorges example
(September 28, 2006) Fresh from winning a prestigious award for Still Life, his feature film set against the backdrop of the Three Gorges dam, the acclaimed director talks to Three Gorges Probe about the making, and the meaning, of the movie.
No regrets, Chinese activist says despite paralyzing attack
‘I will never regret
what I have done,’ says Fu Xiancai, who has begun receiving treatment
in Beijing at one of the country’s best rehabilitation centres
Group monitors China’s water polluters using online mapping
(September 26, 2006) The new China Water Pollution Map enables users to survey water quality, monitor pollution discharges, and track pollution sources using digital mapping.
Minister criticizes ‘predatory development’ of Nu River
(September 26, 2006) The proposal to build 13 hydropower plants on the Nu (Salween) River in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province constitutes a form of “predatory development”, said Wang Shucheng, China’s Minister of Water Resources.
West failing to curb bribery overseas
(September 25, 2006) By not paying bribes in graft-prone countries, companies would
be interfering in national sovereignty, say defenders of illicit
corporate payments to poor nations.
China compiling white paper on energy policies
(September 25, 2006) China’s powerful central planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, is overseeing the preparation of a white paper on the country’s energy policies
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