(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.
Earthshakers: the top 100 green campaigners of all time
(November 28, 2006) From the woman who raised the alarm over the profligate use of pesticides to the doctor who discovered that chimney sweeps in 18th century London were dying because of their exposure to soot, the government’s Environment Agency has named the scientists, campaigners, writers, economists and naturalists who, in its view, have done the most to save the planet.
China plans a dozen hydro stations on Jinsha River
(November 27, 2006) Construction began Sunday on a hydropower project in Southwest China which will have a third of the capacity of the Three Gorges Project when completed in nine years.
Large hydropower stations on upper Yangtze River no risk to panda habitats
(November 24, 2006) China’s large-scale hydropower exploitation of the Yangtze River’s upper reaches pose no risk to nearby giant panda habitats, experts said here Friday.
The rising dragon’s environmental disaster
(November 24, 2006) China author and scholar Jasper Becker writes in a new book on the environmental devastation China faces from its headlong rush to development. Two chapters from the book, Dragon Rising: An Inside Look at China Today, have been reprinted on the Asia Sentinel website by arrangement with the National Geographic Society.
China to invest 15 bln yuan to modernize Yangtze River waterway
(November 24, 2006) China will invest 15 billion yuan (1.875 billion U.S. dollars) in the next five years to modernize the Yangtze River waterway, the world’s third longest river with a length of over 6300 km, Li Shenglin, minister of Communications said in Nanjing on Tuesday.
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