(February 18, 2006) The widow of a construction worker who died at the dam site has withdrawn her lawsuit against the U.S. firm after being offered compensation and an apology.

(February 20, 2006) Construction workers on Wednesday started to dismantle the remaining part of the second-phase Three Gorges cofferdam, as the average height of the dam of the world’s largest hydro-power project on the Yangtze River is above 140 meters.

(February 20, 2006) Xinhua news agency lists the project objectives for this year.

(January 20, 2002) Qin Feiyun dices greens with a cleaver in her restaurant, puts an oiled wok on the gas stove and waits for customers who never come. Qin’s family recently joined thousands of people forced to evacuate homes in central China that will be flooded by the reservoir of the giant Three Gorges Dam.

(February 21, 2006) Construction workers start to dismantle the remaining part of the second-phase Three Gorges cofferdam

(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.