Why construct the world’s biggest dam in a seismically vulnerable region that doesn’t even require the energy it will generate?
Natural gas billing spikes fuel consumer backlash, investigations in Sichuan and beyond
China’s “smart meters” aren’t so smart as consumer complaints spike against local state-owned energy monopolies dubbed “natural gas assassins.”
Land sinking in China’s major cities, new study finds
Alarming subsidence impacting China’s coastal areas poses a serious threat to millions of people, new research shows. Probe International revisits its proposed solutions from 2008.
The Bureau: How high does the Winnipeg-Wuhan lab story go in Canada, and does it connect to PRC election interference?
At the heart of the debacle is the issue of accountability. What role has our country played in building China’s dangerous biological capacity to potentially hold the world hostage?
China is selectively bending history to suit its territorial ambitions
Beijing’s unwillingness to let go of certain claims suggests there’s more at stake than reversing past losses.
Nearly one-fifth of the Mekong’s fish are at risk of extinction and the main culprits are hydroelectric dams
A new study finds the construction of hydroelectric dams on the main trunk and tributaries of the Mekong River are threatening the livelihoods and food security of millions and the survival of […]
Dammed to the hilt
For the first time, a comprehensive list of cascade dams in Sichuan Province shows the jaw-dropping extent to which one of China’s most hydropowered regions is being developed, proving the Xi Jinping […]
More than 100 Tibetans arrested over dam protest
In a rare act of defiance, residents push back against the construction of a massive dam that would destroy Buddhist monasteries and force the resettlement of two villages.
China’s Yarlung Tsangpo Great Bend mega-dam not feasible due to risks
A transboundary super dam proposed for occupied Tibet, near its border with India, poses significant concerns and risks. A report by Chinese geologist Fan Xiao delves into the infeasibility of the massive […]
China puts upper Yellow River dam plans on the fast track with feasibility study
The westward extension of the world’s largest water diversion project looks set to rock the “cradle of Chinese civilization”.
The “river dragon” came from the Sanmenxia Dam and the consequences were deadly
As people enjoyed themselves along the banks of the Yellow River to celebrate the first day of the Lunar New Year, a sudden release of water from the Sanmenxia Hydropower Station sent […]
2022: Remember the light the young have shown us
“Even though you, having committed no crime, are detained, interrogated, and imprisoned, your stories, your youthful figures in the street at night, your swaying arms and flowers, and blank papers of protest, […]
Dams cause earthquakes, earthquakes cause other earthquakes
A new study focused on the 6.8 M Luding earthquake in China’s Sichuan-Yunnan seismic zone, shows how dams make areas susceptible to earthquakes directly (through RIS) and indirectly by altering geological structures, […]
Why is the salty tide at the mouth of the Yangtze River related to the high dams and large reservoirs in the Upper Yangtze River?
The Yangtze estuary’s saline tide has changed significantly since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir.
Three Gorges migrants through the lens of Li Feng
The creation of China’s Three Gorges Dam buried the past and overturned the lives of millions. Tracking these changes across the years: one of the country’s greatest photographers.
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