(November 30, 2007) Chinese writer Dai Qing responds to the Chinese government’s campaign to downplay the environmental effects of the Three Gorges dam. “If they’re saying that the landslides have nothing to do with the reservoir than they are telling lies,” she told the BBC.

(November 27, 2007) Residents in the Three Gorges dam reservoir area fear an increased risk of harm to the environment as a result of the dam’s impacts. One of the biggest concerns currently is that the reservoir’s seasonal water fluctuations have unsettled the delicate geology of the area and that this may escalate the risk of landslides and other dangers.

(November 23, 2007) Chinese officials have confirmed that a bus carrying as many as 27 people has been discovered buried in a landslide that occurred earlier this week.

(November 22, 2007) In the last ten years or more, over one million people have made way for the Three Gorges dam. Of those that lost land to the Three Gorges reservoir, most were settled onto higher ground while some were moved far away. But the resettlement is not over.

(November 21, 2007) In an open letter to Canadian officials, Probe International calls for the government to “make amends for failing to warn the Chinese government that the project’s environmental risks would ultimately threaten the lives, property, and economic future of millions of people living along the Yangtze river.”

(November 19, 2007) Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. As in: The Three Gorges is the world’s biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of dirt, stone, concrete and steel. Ever. Even the project’s official tally of 1.13 million displaced people made the list as record No. 10.