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.
China schedules progress of Three Gorges Project
Sources announce that the first group of two generators for the Three Gorges Project will start operation in October 2003.
Residents in Three Gorges reservoir area apply to move out
More than 60,000 people living in the reservoir area of the Three-Gorges Project have applied to move to other Chinese provinces.
Two more Yangtze dams planned
China will build two additional multi-billion-dollar reservoirs on the Yangtze River to generate power and trap sediment that would otherwise congest the Three Gorges Dam.
Insurers share 3 Gorges coverage
Three companies will jointly underwrite the construction insurance for the installation of 14 hydropower generating units on the Three Gorges’ left bank and the insurance for the transportation of transformers and gas insulated systems.
Doubt cast on Three Gorges claims: Internal letters reveal government attempt to mislead public
Internal documents obtained by Probe International, a Canadian-based NGO, indicate that many government claims about the Three Gorges Dam project could be false.
Boycott U.S.-Three Gorges investors!
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter receives Chinese New Year greeting: Stop financing of Three Gorges dam. Petitioners call for Boycott of MSDW’s Discover Credit Card Services.
Project to be launched to improve the environment of Three Gorges area
A decade-long project titled "Green Mountains and Rivers Project" is to be launched in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality to improve the environment of the Three Gorges area.
Officials admit a third unhappy with dam move
About one-third of the people forced from their homes by the Three Gorges Dam project have said they are not satisfied with the locations chosen by the authorities.
Embezzled dam cash 'recovered'
Much of the 1.96 billion yuan (HK$1.82 billion) that was earmarked to resettle families displaced by the Three Gorges Dam but was embezzled or misused has been recovered, auditors say.
China’s folly: Timebomb at Three Gorges
Critics argue that the dam is a folly from an environmental, technical and social point of view.


