(July 10, 2006) China is building too many power stations, says Paris-based energy think tank International Energy Agency.
China says it’s building hydro-electric station over Sutlej
(July 7, 2006) China’s plan to build a barrage across the Sutlej River in Tibet has raised concerns that Beijing ‘may finally be controlling the flow of water into India.’
Future of the west set to follow Yangtze
(July 3, 2006) Viewpoint Beijing’s determination to modernise the Yangtze will transform the mainland’s economic landscape over the next 20 years.
Chinese law would apply to all media
(July 3, 2006) A Chinese draft law that threatens to fine domestic and foreign news media for reporting without permission on ‘sudden incidents’ is intended ‘to prevent malicious behavior by news media that willfully mislead the public.’
Nu River: environmentalists may not sue SEPA
(July 3, 2006) Greens may cancel plan to sue dams watchdog.
Auditors need sharp teeth to bite at inefficiencies
(June 29, 2006) Auditor-general Li Jinhua said recently that institutional inefficiency could cause more waste of money than individual corruption. He cited the NDRC, which ‘injected 1 billion yuan into five river dam projects before their feasibility was proven.’
Nujiang Prefecture CCP committee held a seminar on the protection of state secrets
(June 27, 2006) Speakers reminded officials to be on alert for "rampant spying activities and the penetration of state enemies" during the current period of peace and economic reform.
China media face disaster fines
(June 26, 2006) China is considering imposing financial penalties on media outlets that report emergency incidents without prior permission. Media organizations could face fines of more than $10,000 if they disobey.
The last river
(June 22, 2006) China plans to exploit the power of Southeast Asia’s last great wild river in a giant staircase of dams stretching from Tibet down through Yunnan province. Swedish journalist Ola Wong reports on a region of unique natural and cultural wealth under threat.
Cleanup efforts slow toxic spill in China
(June 18, 2006) Chinese authorities said a toxic coal tar spill flowing down a northern river had slowed as they rushed to stop it from reaching a reservoir that serves a city of 10 million and is a standby source for the 2008 Olympics.
Clean-up under way to save river from coal tar
(June 17, 2006) Clean-up efforts were under way on Friday to control coal tar contamination in a river in North China’s Hebei province, which is endangering a reservoir supporting Baoding, a city with a population of more than 10 million.
Help wanted to protect China’s Nu River
(June 15, 2006) The International Rivers Network (IRN) is appealing for help to keep the Nu (Salween) River in China flowing freely. The river is one of only two undammed rivers in China.
Chinese rush to clean up coal-tar spill
(June 15, 2006) Crews armed with cotton, sponges, straw and activated carbon soaked up toxic coal tar from a northern Chinese river Thursday, hurrying to absorb the spill before it reaches a city of 10 million people.
The Story of the Dahe Dam
A fascinating, detailed account of the years-long struggle for redress
pursued by thousands of people who were plunged deeper into poverty by
the construction of the Dahe dam. Many of the farmers uprooted for that
dam, built 30 years ago on a Yangtze tributary in what is now Chongqing
municipality, are being moved again for the Three Gorges project. "To
learn more about what goes on behind the scenes in China, this book
about the ruinous consequences of one small dam is an excellent place
to start," Dai Qing writes in her introduction to the English
PRESS RELEASE Probe International calls on foreign funders to protest attacks on Three Gorges petitioners
(June 13, 2006) A savage attack on Three Gorges migrant representative Fu Xiancai, reported by Human Rights in China on June 12, has left him with a fractured neck and possible permanent paralysis.
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