(March 7, 2006) The China Yangtze Three Gorges Project Development Corporation announced this year it would build two giant dams on the Golden Sands River, which it says are urgently needed to trap sediment that would otherwise flow into the Three Gorges reservoir.
Nu valley residents miss the boat
(March 4, 2006) China’s top environmental agency last week issued a set of “provisional guidelines” on the public’s right to participate in decision-making on large projects such as big dams.
Cofferdam removal begins
Three Gorges Probe February 27, 2006 China Daily reports that work has begun on dismantling the temporary cofferdam built around the Three Gorges dam construction site when the main channel of the […]
China issuing first-ever fishing ban
(February 27, 2006) Alarmed by a sharp drop in fish populations, China plans to issue its first-ever ban on commercial fishing along the Yangtze River.
Three Gorges dam: Fact Sheet
Just about everything you might want to know about the world’s biggest dam, at least in terms of its facts, figures, cubic metres and kilowatts.
Study says bad data by China inflated global fishing yields
Two University of British Columbia scientists have found evidence that substantial overreporting of the marine fish catch, mainly by China, has skewed official UN figures and caused complacency about the state of global fish stocks.
Geologists urged to dig harder
(February 23, 2006) Vice-Premier Wen Jiabao warns that the success of the Three Gorges dam project hinges on the ability to predict disasters such as landslides, China Daily reports.
Activists hail guidelines on public input into projects
(February 22, 2006) China’s top environmental agency today issued a groundbreaking set of guidelines on the public’s right to participate in decision-making on large construction projects such as big dams.
China longest river shorter than believed: scientist
(February 22, 2006) Chinese scientists recently measured the length of the Yangtze River, China’s longest river, and found that it is 80-some kilometres shorter than believed.
Villages of the dammed
(February 21, 2006) Warnings ignored as massive Three Gorges project uproots Chinese . . . with Canadian help.
Hydropower firm taps overseas market
(February 21, 2006) China National Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Corp (Sinohydro), China’s largest hydropower construction company, picked up fat gains from the overseas market last year, a company official said.
Corruption charges rock China’s leaders
(February 21, 2006) Corruption charges have swirled for years around Li Peng’s family. New allegations of nepotism involving Huaneng International have angered the party leadership and copies of the publication in which they appeared are being confiscated.
Three Gorges Corp. braces for impending power glut
(February 16, 2006) China’s power-plant construction spree means heavy state losses, analysts tell 21st Century Economic Report.
Relics fear death by water
The money Beijing has earmarked to excavate historic sites and relics before they are inundated by the Three Gorges reservoir can save just one-tenth of what’s there, says Yu Weichao, curator of the Museum of Chinese History.
Gorges official slaps tour scare stories
Tourists do not need to hurry to visit the Three Gorges dam area because “the rising water level will only add to the beauty of that section of the river,” Xinhua news agency quotes a tourism official as saying.
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