(October 26, 1998) Earlier this year, sociologist Wu Ming travelled to the counties around the Three Gorges Dam. Here is the third excerpt from his study, published by the International Rivers Network in March, 1998.
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Chinese press summary: overseas Chinese debate over Three Gorges project
This year’s flood disasters in China have prompted a vociferous debate on the Internet among expatriate Chinese communities in North America.
China’s great leap backward
(Autumn 1998) Uneconomic and outdated, the Three Gorges dam will stunt China;s economic growth
Background report: Resettlement problems of the Three Gorges dam (part III)
(September 28, 1998) Earlier this year, sociologist Wu Ming travelled to the counties around the Three Gorges Dam. Here is the third excerpt from his study, published by the International Rivers Network in March, 1998.
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China’s great leap backward
(September 21, 1998) The tragedy of the Three Gorges dam goes beyond the nearly two million people who will be resettled from their homes, villages, farms, temples, and work places to make way for it, beyond the 1,300 sites of cultural antiquities and the 100,000 hectares of precious farmland that will be submerged forever under the 600 kilometre long reservoir, and beyond the rare species that it will likely render extinct. Ironically, the tragedy created by the Three Gorges will also extend to the economy and its electricity sector – the chief justification for building the dam.
Special analysis: Three Gorges dam no solution to floods
(August 24, 1998) As the Yangtze River Valley is engulfed by China’s worst flooding in more than four decades, debate over whether the Three Gorges dam would have stopped this year’s flood has been revived.
Background report: Resettlement problems of the Three Gorges dam (part II)
(August 24, 1998) Earlier this year, sociologist Wu Ming travelled to the counties around the Three Gorges Dam. Here is the second excerpt from his study, published by the International Rivers Network in March, 1998.
Special analysis: Three Gorges dam no solution to floods
As the Yangtze River Valley is engulfed by China’s worst flooding in more than four decades, debate over whether the Three Gorges dam would have stopped this year’s flood has been revived.
As Yangtze Rises, China Must Choose
(August 7, 1998) As China’s worst Yangtze flood in half a century hits, the government must decide whether to submerge poor rural districts in order to save large cities like Wuhan. Environmentalist Dai Qing says the Three Gorges Dam would not help.
PRESS RELEASE: Internet news service on controversial Three Gorges dam launched
Three Gorges Probe July 8, 1998
(i) Zhu Rongji Heads Three Gorges Project
(ii) Dam Construction Spurs Archaeological Looting
(iii) Vegetation Species in Yangtze Dam Site to Disappear
(iv) Meteorological Stations to Forecast Floods for Dam
(v) New Book by Dai Qing Investigates Dam Disasters in China
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