The Three Gorges dam opened again to tourists this week, on the condition they don’t bring canned drinks, video cameras or umbrellas.
Serious pollution found at riverside factories
(October 31, 2000) Twenty major factories, including 11 along the Yangtze River, must take immediate steps to address serious environmental safety problems, SEPA announces.
Three Gorges Dam Project
(October 31, 2000) This detailed briefing on the controversial Three Gorges dam project by a leading source of China business news and analysis includes references to Probe International’s analysis of the dam’s uncertainty in China’s electricity market.
Three Gorges Probe – China proposes nuclear blasts
(October 30, 2000) China proposes nuclear blasts to build world’s largest hydro project
Foreign Ministry spokesman’s press conference
(October 26, 2000) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao answers a question about proposed dam development in the Three Parallel Rivers UNESCO World Heritage site.
Three Gorges Probe – Work resumes; rumours of embezzling
(October 24, 2000) (1) Work at Three Gorges dam resumes
Construction quality of Three Gorges Project good, say experts
An expert team dispatched by the State Council, China’s cabinet, has given the Three Gorges project an "A" after a five-day inspection, Xinhua reports.
China showcases success of dam resettlement
‘Tens of thousands of people have visited an exhibition in Beijing that showcases China’s progress in resettling about one million people from the Three Gorges dam site,’ Xinhua reports.
Dam puts Shanghai wetlands at sea’s mercy
Tidal wetlands on the Yangtze delta near Shanghai in China are in danger of disappearing because of sediment trapped behind the Three Gorges dam, Shanghai researchers report.
Three Gorges Probe – Corruption
(October 12, 2000) Anger at dam corruption growing
Victim’s widow claims US$420,000 compensation for husband’s death at Three Gorges dam site
(October 10, 2000) Guangzhou Daily and China Daily report that Ke Changli, an employee of the Gezhouba Group (the largest contractor for the Three Gorges dam), is suing Rotec Corporation for US$420,000 for supplying the concrete conveyor Ke Changli claims was responsible for her husband’s death late last year at the dam site.
Environmentalist protects threatened watersheds
(October 2, 2000) Yu Xiaogang has been honoured for ‘his efforts at helping communities at Lashi Lake and other watershed regions [in Yunnan] to gain more say in the decision-making process,’ China Daily writes.
Last hope for river dolphins
The world’s most endangered cetacean, the Chinese ‘baiji’ river dolphin, may finally have a chance of being saved from extinction. But it could be too late; researchers who carried out a nine-day search for the dolphins didn’t find a single one.
Development should take back seat to clean rivers
(September 25, 2000) Huge amounts of pollutants released by chemical companies along the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are severely endangering both rivers.
Underwater museum near completion
Construction of an underwater museum at Baiheliang, also called White Crane Ridge, on the Yangtze River will be finished early next year, Xinhua news agency reported today. The museum houses the world’s oldest hydrologic inscriptions, detailing the Yangtze River’s historic water levels in the reservoir of the Three Gorges Project.
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