(April 20, 2001) China’s Three Gorges dam isn’t fully operational yet, but it is already threatening one of the world’s biggest fisheries in the East China Sea. A drop in the amount of fresh water and sediment reaching the sea is to blame.
Three Gorges migrants protest detentions, unfair treatment
(April 20, 2001) Following the arrests of four Three Gorges migrants last month, another five have risked their lives submitting a letter to China’s Communist Party leaders, in which they protest unfair treatment and appeal for justice.
China’s rivers: Frontlines for chemical wastes
… Although China has stepped up efforts to clean up its rivers and crack down on plants that pose obvious environmental safety risks, progress has stalled due to a lack of funds and professional personnel.
PRESS RELEASE: Imminent trial of Three Gorges dam protesters
Human Rights Watch and Probe International appeal for the release of farmers arrested for trying to petition Chinese authorities to end abuses linked to the Three Gorges dam project.
Dammed if she doesn’t
(April 7, 2001) Dai Qing lives for one thing: to stop China’s Three Gorges dam being built across the Yangtze river. Why? She says it will displace 1.5 million people and cause devastating environmental damage.
PRESS RELEASE: China’s Three Gorges dam resettlement turns violent, Press Release
Chinese officials are using police force and violent means to force reluctant migrants to make way for the Three Gorges dam, and to punish anyone accusing local officials of wrongdoing, reports Probe International.
Chinese expert says new resettlement rules won’t solve Three Gorges’ problems
(March 29, 2001) A Three Gorges Probe exclusive: Civil strife and corruption will continue to plague world’s largest civil works project, predicts respected sociologist Dr. Wei Yi.
The myths and facts of freshwater
(March 27, 2001) ‘A recent scientific report shows that over 60 per cent of the world’s 227 largest rivers have been fragmented by dams, leading to the destruction of wetlands, a decline in freshwater species … and the forced displacement of millions of people.’
Three Gorges Probe: Three Gorges dam petitioners abducted
(March 23, 2001) A Three Gorges Probe exclusive: Five farmers who helped organize petitions by communities being resettled to make way for the Three Gorges dam have been abducted by police in the last three weeks.
Emergency plan urged for Three Gorges dam
A top political adviser urged the government to have an emergency plan ready in case of serious water pollution accidents at the Three Gorges Dam.
Three Gorges Probe
(March 7, 2001) The China News Service (Zhongxin She) reports that members of the China People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Chongqing Municipality, are appealing to the central government to build the middle of three water intakes for the mammoth south-north water diversion scheme at the Three Gorges reservoir, rather than at the Danjiangkou reservoir on the Han River.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s press conference
(March 7, 2001) ‘I am not aware of any plan to build dams on the Nujiang River, nor the number of dams to be built,’ the foreign ministry spokesman tells the foreign press in Beijing.
Three Gorges may become new source for water diversion project
(March 7, 2001) The Three Gorges Reservoir on the Yangtze River might be taken as an additional source for the mammoth South-North Water Diversion Project, due to a declining water reserve in the original one, according to some deputies attending the ongoing annual session of the Chinese legislature.
Workers’ deaths and landslide threat raise China dam fears
(March 7, 2001) The deaths of five construction workers due to an earth slide at the Three Gorges dam site, has triggered fears of geological disasters across the region.
Three Gorges Probe – South-North water diversion
(March 7, 2001) South-North water diversion should come from Three Gorges, CPPCC
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