(August 31, 2007) A series of at least six high dams and seven long tunnels taking water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze over hundreds of kilometres through unstable terrain to the upper reaches of Yellow River.
Overpopulated Beijing facing water crisis
(December 12, 2006) The authorized government portal site to China, http://www.china.org.cn reports that “the water shortage in China’s capital is set to reach crisis point in 2010, when the population is expected to top 17 million — at least three million more than its resources can feed.” The article goes on to say that “the ceiling on Beijing’s population, set by the central government in 2004, is 18 million in 2020….One approach to cap the city’s population is [sic] relocate some people.”
China water official denies plan to dam India river
(November 22, 2006) Beijing: China’s top water official has dismissed claims that Beijing plans to divert a river that flows from Tibet into India to quench China’s needs, a proposal that added to tensions between the two parched Asian giants.
Millions live in fear that China aims to steal their river
(November 20, 2006) China is considering damming the Brahmaputra, which begins as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet before cascading down through northeast India and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal.
Pollution threatens Beijing’s future drinking water source
(November 9, 2006) Pollution is threatening Beijing’s future source of drinking water as factory discharges and untreated sewage seep into a reservoir planned for the capital’s use by 2010, water experts said.
Troubled waters: China’s minister dismisses Tibet river diversion
(October 25, 2006) It’s a busy season for audacious plans in China. Having accomplished an engineering marvel in laying a railway line to the roof of the world, Chinese scientists are dreaming up ever more fantastic plans in other spheres of endeavour, some of which, if implemented, would have worrisome implications for India.
Preserving the old to make way for the new
(October 23, 2006) Along the central route of China’s South-North Water Diversion Project, the excavation of cultural relics and the construction of the trunk canal are under way simultaneously.
Construction to start on Henan section of South-to-North canal
(September 14, 2006) Construction of the Henan province section of the central route of China’s south-north water diversion project will kick off by the end of September, Xinhua reports.
Water scheme’s western route troubles Sichuan scholars
(September 12, 2006) ‘We are really concerned about the western route of the south-north water transfer project. We wonder whether the proposed scheme could do little or nothing to save the Yellow River, and end up destroying the Yangtze instead.’
Yellow River water use to be regulated
(August 2, 2006) China has launched what it said was its toughest water management program for the Yellow River in a bid to stem rampant over-exploitation along the nation’s second longest waterway.
China: Tibetan water plans raise concerns
(August 9, 2006) China’s gigantic water bureaucracy constantly needs to find new work to do and is now turning its attention to Tibet, says a Tibetan expert on natural resources.
£21bn ($US39bn) pipe will draw water 3,000 miles
(August 2, 2006) China is planning a network of tunnels and canals to divert water from Tibet to the parched Yellow River.
Struggling Beijing should have new source of water by 2008 – official
(August 2, 2006) The first phase of the ambitious south-north water diversion project will provide Beijing with a much-needed source of new water by the time the Olympic Games are held in the city in 2008, a top Chinese water official has confirmed.
300b yuan bid to boost water flow from west
(August 2, 2006) Critics question the environmental cost and feasibility of the third route of the south-north water diversion scheme.
Northwest may grab more Yangtze water
(August 1, 2006) China is considering a 300-billion-yuan (US$37.5 billion) plan to divert water from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the Yellow River to help the thirsty northwestern areas.
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