Earlier this year, sociologist Wu Ming travelled to the counties around the Three Gorges Dam. Here is an excerpt from his study, published by the International Rivers Network in March, 1998.
Construction of Three Gorges project ship lock is completed
Yichang: The five-level dual-track ship locks of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest of its kind in the world, passed engineering tests after 13 years of construction, experts announced on Friday.
"The permanent ship lock demands the most sophisticated technology in the entire Three Gorges project," said Zhang Guangdou, an academician on both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering.
Yangtze’s decline highlights China’s growing water problems
China is home to three of the top ten "rivers at risk" worldwide, according to a report released in March by the conservation group WWF.
Two-way traffic resumes in Three Gorges
Three Gorges dam site, Yichang: Six ships passed through the northern track of the ship lock of the Three Gorges Dam on Tuesday morning, marking the reopening of the dual-track ship lock one month ahead of schedule.
Three Gorges Reservoir discharges water
Yichang, Hubei Province: The Three Gorges Reservoir has started to discharge water, to be prepared for the coming flood season of China’s longest waterway, the Yangtze River.
Yangtze at risk of bank collapses
Flood-control inspectors have discovered hidden dangers along the Yangtze River, raising concerns at a time when State metrological authorities have warned of the possibility of major floods hitting this summer.
During a recent inspection organized by the office of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters, inspectors found that the banks along some sections of the Jingjiang River, a section of the Yangtze River, could be at risk of collapse, the People’s Daily reported yesterday.
Three Gorges ship locks officially resume two-way traffic
YICHANG, Hubei Province — The five-level dual-track ship locks of the mammoth Three Gorges Dam have passed their acceptance test after 13 years of construction and been officially opened to two-way traffic, officials announced on Monday.
Villagers damned by Chinese corruption
From the front of his ramshackle video shop, Chen Zhi Yan has a front row view of China’s biggest engineering achievement since the Great Wall.
Three Gorges: A cautionary tale
Kelly Haggart and Yang Chongqing – Watershed October 1, 2005
Southern bank of China’s Three Gorges Project set to begin operation
The first power generator on the southern bank of China’s Three Gorges Project is expected to be linked to the grid and begin operating this month.
Expert warns of dirty dam
The water quality in China’s Three Gorges reservoir on the Yangtze River is being polluted by discharge from industry and towns upstream of the giant dam, a Chinese environmental scientist said yesterday.
Dredgers dig shipping lanes in drying Yangtze
Shipping channels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are to be dredged as the water falls to its lowest level in 20 years.
Authorities have withdrawn a large silt dredger from a north China offshore construction site to dredge channels at Heishazhou (Blacksand Shoal), 40 kilometers upstream from Wuhu Bridge on the lower reaches, said Wan Dabin, a senior official with the Yangtze River Waterway Bureau.
China forced to step up diversion of Yangtze River to tackle Wuxi water crisis
China has stepped up the diversion of the Yangtze River to dilute water polluted by blue-green algae in a lake that provides drinking water for millions of people in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi.
China’s Three Gorges Project gears up for full operation
China’s largest hydropower project, the Three Gorges Project, is expected to start full operation three to four months ahead of schedule as workers speed up the installation of the 12 turbines on the right bank of the Gorges.
No scientific ground to blame Three Gorges for pollution on Yangtze River
The water quality of Yangtze River has become of increasing concern. Has the Three Gorges Dam Project caused the pollution in Yangtze River? Lu Youmei, an academic of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, as well as the chairman of the Chinese National Committee on Large Dams, answered the question when interviewed by the People’s Daily journalist.
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