(December 26, 2006) China’s top environmental official lambasted grassroots authorities here Tuesday, saying that serious local protectionism has fostered rampant environmental violations.
Huge China dam costly to farmers
Chongqing, China: Officials here say the mammoth Three Gorges Dam Project along the historic Yangtze River will control deadly flooding, provide electricity to millions of people, and create vital inland navigation along a 400-mile long reservoir.
Media at the forefront of China’s environmental fight
(December 20, 2006) Environmental destruction has reached serious proportions in China, where press freedom remains a pipe dream. Yet, the government is trying to use the media to throw light on this growing problem — one that has the potential to undermine economic development.
Scientists fail to find endangered white-flag dolphin
(December 13, 2006) A team of 30 Chinese and foreign scientists wrapped up their 39-day hunt for the rare white-flag dolphin here on Wednesday, regretting that they had failed to find the rare mammal in the Yangtze River, the species’ only habitat.
Fu Xiancai petitions procurator-general over official inaction on assault case
(December 12, 2006) Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai has sent an open letter to China’s Procurator-general, Jia Chunwang, requesting his intervention into Fu’s assault case.
Dam protester put to death in secret, rushed execution
(December 7, 2006) A 20-year-old who took part in angry local protests against the Pubugou dam in Sichuan province two years ago was executed last week, with neither his family nor his lawyer notified beforehand.
People displaced by dam on Yangtze River to protest against corruption
Many residents of Hubei province plan to gather at the Zigui county government building tomorrow to denounce corruption among local officials.
China secretly executes man after protest: lawyer
(December 7, 2006) A court in southwestern China has secretly executed a man who took part in an environmental protest which turned into a riot, a lawyer and a family member said on Wednesday.
China secretly executes anti-dam protester
(December 7, 2006) Chinese officials have secretly executed a demonstrator who took part in a massive protest in 2004 against a hydro-electric dam in the south-western province of Sichuan, lawyers and family members said yesterday.
Dam protester put to death in secret, rushed execution
(December 7, 2006) A 20-year-old who took part in angry local protests against the Pubugou dam in Sichuan province two years ago was executed on Nov. 28, with neither his family nor his lawyer notified beforehand.
China to begin construction of another hydropower plant on Yangtze River
(December 4, 2006) China will begin working on another hydropower station on Yalong River, a major tributary on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, this month.
Yangtze dolphin on verge of extinction
(December 3, 2006) A team of 30 Chinese and foreign scientists have failed in a 26-day search to find the rare white-flag dolphin in the Yangtze River.
China pollution crisis undermining growth: official
(December 2, 2006) China faces an environmental crisis that threatens to wipe out much of the gains of three decades of economic growth, one of China’s most outspoken environment officials said in comments published on Saturday.
Construction of new hydropower project in SW China starts
(November 29, 2006) Construction of the Longjiang River Hydropower Project, jointly invested by the Ministry of Water Resources and Yunnan Province, is officially started on Tuesday.
2 bln USD to be invested for Yangtze River navigation
(November 29, 2006) China’s Ministry of Communications said on Tuesday that it will spend heavily to improve navigation channels and coal, ore and container berths along the country’s longest waterway, the Yangtze River.
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