(September 7, 2008) Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries.
The Yangtze River Tow Men
(September 4, 2008) An English merchant by the name of A. J. Little who spent a month and a half travelling by wooden sailing boat in the Three Gorges from Hankou to Chongqing in the spring of 1883 recorded this description in his book “Sailing the Three Gorges:”
Quake survivors now face threat of flooding from damaged dams
(September 4, 2008) An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Sichaun province last Saturday, killing at least 38 people and displacing 1.09 million, reports the South China Morning Post.
The Other Great Wall
Forget the Olympics. This is China’s most spectacular extravaganza.
THREE GORGES ORAL HISTORY SERIES: Bright Sun City’s Dark Intent
Trusting Three Gorges migrants are lured to Bright Sun City by the promise of prime land, new housing and government support, only to be cheated out of their resettlement compensation by corrupt officials. Frustrated, the migrants protest their treatment, but are branded troublemakers, harassed and thrown in jail.
Chinese journalist Dai Qing and Three Gorges Probe proudly present "Bright Sun City’s Dark Intent" by Liu Bai, the third in a series of oral histories brought to you from the Three Gorges region.
Activists warn investors about banks of the Yangtze
Environmentalists are warning investors that bonds to be sold soon will indirectly finance China’s Three Gorges dam. The dam’s future "rests squarely in the hands of international bankers and investors," says Probe International fellow, Dai Qing.
China’s 1st water resources protection association set up
A new association for protecting the eco-environment at the water sources of China’s three major rivers — the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang — has been founded in capital of the northwestern province Qinghai, where the rivers rise.
Relocation for giant dam inflames Chinese peasants
He Kechang retired to a village above the Yangtze River hoping to spend his last years with his family working their land. But as construction started on the Three Gorges dam down river, he found himself drawn into a morass of deceit and corruption.
China dams up dissent of Three Gorges project
‘Disturbing public order’ is charge against farmers demanding due compensation in relocation.
Three Gorges dam makes smooth headway
Project progress update: By the end of March 2001, Three Gorges project had completed one-third of its total projected investment, laying a solid foundation for the operation of some of its generators by 2003 as scheduled
Farmers to face trial after China dam project corruption exposed
China is preparing to try four men on charges of leaking state secrets by allegedly uncovering corrupt practices on the mammoth Three Gorges Dam project, Agence France-Presse.
Three Gorges corruption protesters to go on trial
China plans to try four men who protested the theft of funds earmarked for resettling people in the massive Three Gorges Dam project.
Arrests, intimidation confirm human rights abuses at Three Gorges dam
IRN writes to Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley insisting that their funding of the dam makes them complicit in these human rights abuses and urging the firm to cease their support of the dam.
Three Gorges petitioners ‘held by police’
Two missing farmers who helped organise petitions by peasants being resettled to make way for the Three Gorges Dam are believed to be in police detention.
Making the trains run: China’s edifice complex
Dams are not the only massive infrastructure projects beloved by Beijing. China’s leadership has hatched several grand schemes, partly this reflects the impatience of a nation barreling toward the developed world.
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