(May 31, 1994) Yangtze! Yangtze! is a collection of Chinese documents debating the Three Gorges project. This English translation is organized in a manner similar to its Chinese predecessor, with interviews, essays and letters to Chinese officials forming distinct sections. But this edition, which is being published after the project has been given the official go-ahead, also reflects the continuing struggle against the dam: 10 new chapters are included here, which both update and expand the material contained in the original Chinese edition.
Probe International publishes Yantgze! Yangtze! by Dai Qing, China’s foremost female journalist
(March 21, 1994) Because of Probe International’s work to stop the Three Gorges dam, Dai Qing, China’s foremost female journalist, asked us to publish the English-language version of Yangtze! Yangtze!, a remarkable book that rallied public opposition to what threatens to become the world’s largest and most harmful dam, and led to her 10-month imprisonment.
Reservoir linked to deadly quake in India – Killari reservoir could have induced Latur earthquake
(April 9, 1994) The earthquake that killed 10,000 people in India last September struck within 15 kilometers of a reservoir filled just 2 years earlier. That proximity in time and space seems more than coincidental to two U.S. seismologists who propose that filling the reservoir may have set off the quake.
Probe International publishes Yantgze! Yangtze! by Dai Qing, China’s foremost female journalist
(March 21, 1994) Because of Probe International’s work to stop the Three Gorges dam, Dai Qing, China’s foremost female journalist, asked us to publish the English-language version of Yangtze! Yangtze!, a remarkable book that rallied public opposition to what threatens to become the world’s largest and most harmful dam, and led to her 10-month imprisonment.
A dam shame up the Yangtze
(November 13, 1993) It’s crowded with ancient sites and spectacular scenery. But soon the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River may disappear forever, writes Donald Morris.
Sad truth of the happy peasant
(October 1993) China’s official media have been eager to depict happy peasants thanking the government for their decision to move them out of their poverty-ridden villages on the Yangtze, and give them new homes, jobs and farmland. But this is not the whole story.
China’s red princes
(October 1993) In the chaotic, black-market capitalism of the new China, the children of the Communist elite are the economic warlords – a secret society reaping vast fortunes through family connections.
Planning for Disaster: China’s Three Gorges Dam
(September 19, 1993) ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 27, 1993, a dam burst high in a remote western province of China, sending torrents of water crashing down on nearby villages, killing more than 200 people, and rendering thousands more homeless. Though no official reason has been given for this latest human-made disaster in a country plagued by them, one government spokesperson admitted that a destructive earthquake which hit the region of the Gouhou dam in 1990 "may have had some effect" in causing the dam to collapse under this year’s flood waters.
Why China’s people are getting out of control
(June 12, 1993) China’s economic changes are succeeding, where the 1989 pro-democracy movement failed, in breaking the power of the state over the people
Officials fudge questions on world’s largest dam
(May 27, 1993) Chinese officials yesterday appeared unprepared and unable to answer questions from environmental activists on the economics and environmental feasibility of plans to build world’s largest dam on the Yangtze […]
Peasants in the path of power
(May 14, 1993) No dissent has been allowed to stall the Three Gorges dam scheme, inspired by a Mao poem and now pet project of the man held most responsible for the […]
A catalyst in quest for change- Dai Qing
(February 21, 1993) Beijing’s flurry of goodwill gestures, highlighted by the release of political prisoners, allowing dissidents to travel abroad, curtailing conspicuous surveillance of foreign reporters, and hinting at an olive branch for Hong Kong, has China – watchers scratching their heads and wondering: what next?
Peking frees writer
(December 18, 1992) Dai Qing, a dissident journalist jailed for ten months after the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations, will fly to the United States next Sunday, having won a long battle for permission to leave China.
World Bank urged to stop funding Chinese dam
(September 23, 1992) A newly formed coalition is putting pressure on the World Bank and other corporate money-lenders to stop funding China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam.
Foes of dam step up campaign against China project
(September 21, 1992) Foes of a proposed giant dam spanning the Yangtze River in China stepped up their campaign here today by calling on all possible credit sources not to back the project.
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