(August 19, 2010) As the Chinese people fret these days about our unusual weather, and about floods in the north and south, and in the Yangtze valley in particular, a Web posting attracted widespread attention. Using material from the official media, such as Xinhua and CCTV, and highlighting their headlines in particular, the authors accused the Three Gorges project authority of “boasting.”
Mud buries a county devoid of trees and plans
(August 17, 2010) Lumberjacks stripped slopes and builders ignored warnings before deadly mudslides devastated Zhouqu County.
In China, Three Gorges Dam’s image showing some cracks
(August 16, 2010) The dam was hailed as an engineering feat that could withstand the worst flood in 100 years. But this year’s torrential rains have severely tested its capacity to control the surging Yangtze, writes John M. Glionna in the Los Angeles Times.
Images: Trash at Three Gorges
(August 16, 2010) Heavy rains and recent floods have dumped tons of garbage in the Three Gorges reservoir. Local reports say that in some places, the garbage is so thick people can walk on the surface.
Images: Trash at Three Gorges
(August 16, 2010) Heavy rains and recent floods have dumped tons of garbage in the Three Gorges reservoir. Local reports say that in some places, the garbage is so thick people can walk on the surface. All photos courtesy of China Digital Times. View the original photos here.
This is not Karma
(August 14, 2010) Paul Stewart, writing in Mouth to Source, details the poor development decisions that worsened the recent landslides in Zhouqu, China.
Worries related to China’s “Going Out”
Wu Aoqi Business Watch Magazine Friday, August 13, 2010 This article was originally published in Business Watch Magazine on April 5, 2010. You can read the original, in Chinese, here. Note: The […]
Chinese officials knew land use policies could create deadly landslide
(August 12, 2010) Brady Yauch writes that recent evidence shows poor policy decisions may be to blame for a deadly landslide in China’s northwestern Gansu province.
Critics say China’s landslides are man-made
(August 10, 2010) More critics say the poor planning policies in China are behind a rise in geological disasters.
Tackling the growing problem of sedimentation
(August 9, 2010) Worldwide experts will convene in South Africa in September 2010. At the top of their agenda is the growing problem of river sedimentation. Professor Gerrit Basson explains why tackling this issue is of great importance to the dams industry.
Livelihoods Dammed
(August 5, 2010) Stephanie Lam and Kristina Skorbach write that as many as 472 million people may be at risk from dams.ust
Floods in northern China collapse reservoirs
(August 04, 2010) BEIJING — Heavy rains hindered efforts by workers to repair reservoirs and place sandbags along breached riverbanks Wednesday as the death toll from China’s worst flooding in a decade climbed above 1,000.
Dai Qing: The expensive Three Gorges flood control project
(August 3, 2010) Noted journalist and dissident Dai Qing discusses the failure of the Three Gorges dam to live up to its “official” flood control capacity.
Floating trash threatens Three Gorges Dam
(August 2, 2010) Once again, the Three Gorges dam is under threat from garbage on the Yangtze River.
Floating Garbage Chokes Major Chinese Dam
(August 2, 2010) Floating garbage washed into the Yangtze River by torrential rains is threatening to clog part of the giant Three Gorges Dam, Chinese state media reported, the latest problem caused by devastating floods that have killed nearly 1,000 people and triggered several major industrial accidents.
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