December 22, 1995 American multinationals that want contracts to build China’s massive Three Gorges dam will try to get financing from the Canadian government through their Canadian subsidiaries if the U.S. denies […]
American firms appeal to Ex-Im bank to bankroll their exports to controversial Three Gorges dam
(November 29, 1995) American corporations have asked the United States Export-Import Bank to subsidize their exports to the controversial Three Gorges dam in China and Ex-Im has asked environmental and human rights groups for financial, technical and environmental information to help it decide whether or not to do so.
Evildoers sentenced for damaging Three Gorges project
A recent radio broadcast from China has reported that opponents of the massive Three Gorges dam were arrested in October and face up to 20 years in prison. The news report, from the Hubei People’s Broadcasting Station, calls the dissidents "evildoers" and accuses them of damaging power facilities, "indulging in swindling and robbery, hindering the performance of public affairs, provoking disputes and spreading obscene videotapes."
Chinese leader will aid Chretien award contracts to supporters of the controversial Three Gorges dam
(October 12, 1995) Chinese Premier Li Peng is expected to lend a helping hand to Prime Minister Jean Chretien tomorrow in his bid to secure business for Canadian firms in the construction of China’s Three Gorges dam.
Children party of elite quick to prosper in China
(July 20, 1995) Family Ties/ Connection have always mattered, but never as much as today with decentralization and new economic opportunities abounding.
Tourist frenzy in Three Gorges to cause chaos, secret Chinese documents predict
Mass theft, terrorism expected to increase with Three Gorges construction of dam to bring crime wave
The Three Gorges area will become "the object of the covetous gaze of criminals" from outside China, as well as a key area for sabotage by "criminals harboring a strong desire for revenge on society," warn Chinese authorities in two security documents leaked to Human Rights Watch/Asia.
Three Gorges resettlement expected to spawn massive civil unrest
Chinese government bracing for civil uprisings
Chinese officials are bracing for violent uprisings as they force more than one million people to move to make way for the massive Three Gorges dam, according to internal security documents leaked to Human Rights Watch/Asia.
PRESS RELEASE Chinese government bracing for civil uprisings
Three Gorges Dam to Provoke Violence, Internal Document Says
Chinese government bracing for civil uprisings
Investment criteria to assure sustainable development, part 1
(November 22, 1994) Energy Probe Research Foundation’s submission to the Ontario Energy Board on E.B.R.L.G. 36
Chretien flip-flops, now favors huge dam
Liberals now support a project that requires the forced relocation of 1.3 million Chinese to remote areas.
Reluctant China battles the green revolution
(August 20, 1994) She is known in the West as an environmentalist, yet she started out as an engineer on China’s nuclear missile program. She calls herself a journalist, yet she cannot be published in her own country.
Appendix F
(May 31, 1994) A list of specialists whose views on the Three Gorges Project differ from those of the Leading Group for the Assessment of the Three Gorges Project
Approved by the State Council Examination Committee of Experts on May 26, 1993
As reported in the People’s Daily (April 4, 1992)
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
Lisa Peryman
Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon
Other News Sources
