(June 12, 2003) Residents of Badong, Wushan and Fengjie are working around the clock to strengthen the foundations of their new towns, which are being built in a geologically fragile region prone to landslides and riverbank collapses.
Witnesses to history: Migrants gather to watch the reservoir rise
Many people who were resettled to make way for the Three Gorges project gathered at Maoping near the dam site on June 1 to watch the reservoir begin to fill and submerge their old homes.
News flash: Cracks in the dam have reopened, senior inspector says
(May 30, 2003) As China prepares to begin filling the Three Gorges reservoir on June 1, a senior member of the project inspection team has acknowledged that some of the cracks that were repaired at great expense on the upstream face of the dam have reopened.
Hidden danger behind Three Gorges dam
(May 30, 2003) As the huge reservoir behind China’s controversial Three Gorges dam begins to fill up this weekend, an urgent rescue operation is being launched further upstream to save the dam from being choked by silt.
Severe floods expected to put new dam to the test
(May 27, 2003) Abnormally heavy flooding on the Yangtze River this summer is expected to put the newly built Three Gorges dam to its first major test.
Severe floods expected to put new dam to the test
Abnormally heavy flooding on the Yangtze River this summer is expected to put the newly built Three Gorges dam to its first major test.
More turbine trouble as foreign experts cancel trip: report
As Three Gorges project officials scramble to keep the SARS virus away from the dam site, a Chinese newspaper reports that foreign experts who were to have helped install the first of the scheme’s giant turbines have cancelled their trip to China.
Dam inspectors from Beijing given a wide berth
Experts from Beijing taking part in a final inspection before the Three Gorges reservoir is filled next month are being handled with special care by project officials desperate to prevent a local outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome.
More dams planned to soak up Three Gorges construction army
(May 9, 2003) The Three Gorges Corp. is planning to build four more dams in the Yangtze Valley to help absorb the huge labour force that was assembled for Three Gorges and will soon be idle, a Chinese newspaper says.
Investors beware: Sacred cow is a white elephant
(May 9, 2003) Investors should be very wary of involvement in the Three Gorges dam, which requires constant government protection and coddling, and lacks inherent value and economic viability.
China’s dam-safety monitoring system ‘in chaos’
(April 25, 2003) Although dam failures have brought about ‘unforgettable nightmares,’ the monitoring of dam safety in China is hampered by a severe shortage of funds and personnel, a Chinese newspaper reports.
Reservoirs of repression: Part One
[This article was written by Three Gorges Probe (English) editor Kelly Haggart and social scientist Yang Chongqing for China Rights Forum. The journal is published by Human Rights in China, a non-government organization formed in 1989 by scientists and scholars ‘to promote universally recognized human rights and advance the institutional protection of these rights in China.’]
Reservoirs of repression: Part Two
[This is the second part of an article that first appeared in the journal China Rights Forum, published by Human Rights in China. See also Reservoirs of repression: Part One]
No one asked the migrants
Reservoirs of repression
(April 16, 2003) Despite the questions raised around the world about the human and ecological impact of big dams, China remains committed to building them. The cost in human-rights abuses has been, and continues to be, high.
Shipping industry expects dam closure to have ‘huge impact’
Yichang, Hubei province: Shipping companies on the Yangtze River face a steep drop in income for the next two months while navigation is suspended near the Three Gorges dam.
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