(February 21, 2006) China put into effect a new regulation on water pollution control in the Three Gorges area of the Chongqing Municipality, where the world’s largest water conservancy project is being carried out.

(February 23, 2006) Archeologists have found 44 ruins at the dam site dating back at least 10,000 years, underscoring the region’s reputation as a cradle of ancient Chinese culture, Xinhua news agency reports.

(February 24, 2006) The ship lock at the dam is on schedule to begin operating in June, 2003, when the reservoir begins to store water, Xinhua news agency reports.

(February 25, 2006) China plans to spend nearly 40 billion yuan (US$4.8 billion) on pollution-prevention measures in the Three Gorges dam area, Agence France-Presse reports.

(February 27, 2006) Chinese engineers Thursday began to install the first generator unit at the Three Gorges Hydropower Plant on the Yangtze River.

(July 30, 2004) As police try to crack down an opium-poppy growing in the heart of the Three Gorges reservoir area, local officials draw links between the illicit cash crop and the economic turmoil in the region caused by dam-related resettlement.

(March 2, 2006) A web of corruption and violence is now endemic in the world’s biggest dam construction site, according to a searing report released by Probe International.

(March 6, 2006) Probe International’s Three Gorges dam investigative work highlighted.

(September 13, 2004) The Jumping Tiger Gorge [Hutiaoxia] in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, is regarded as a wonder of nature, with 17,000-feet high snow-capped peaks looking down upon Asia’s longest and most turbulent river, the Jinsha (the upstream of the Yangtze). However, within ten years, the Jumping Tiger Gorge is scheduled to be developed into a reservoir

(March 13, 2006) Probe International’s Dai Qing says it is never too late to stop construction of the Three Gorges dam. Yet dam construction is proceeding on schedule as Three Gorges migrants, without money or jobs, continue to resist resettlement.

Of all the problems facing the Three Gorges dam project, none has been more difficult than resettlement, says Probe International’s Dai Qing.

One of the world’s most spectacular natural attractions is threatened by a plan to build eight big dams on the Jinsha River (as the upper Yangtze is known), and the Chinese press and environmental groups are speaking out.

Premier Zhu Rongji stressed that construction quality is of life-and-death importance to the Three Gorges Project.

Improving navigation on the Yangtze was a chief justification for going ahead with the Three Gorges project, but so far the dam’s shiplock has proved to be a bottleneck and delays have become routine.

Old Man Chen and his family own a thriving orange orchard and are considered among the wealthiest in Guanyin Village.  When they are forced off their land to make way for the Three Gorges dam and not properly compensated, Chen petitions the government for redress.