(August 17, 2007) Probe International Fellow Dai Qing, one of 40 prominent Chinese activists and writers, called on Chinese and world leaders last week asking them to respect human rights in the lead up to the Beijing 2008 Olympics on the eve of the one-year countdown to the Games.
Three Gorges and the environment
(November 15, 2006) Dai Qing at Sanwei Bookstore in Beijing
China’s Environment
(September 1, 2006) Bruce Gellerman interview with Dai Qing
China suspicious of nonprofit organizations
(June 25, 2006) China fears that money from the West may be backing democracy: political and environmental activist Dai Qing, for example, organized training camps for NGOs sponsored by Probe International and the Open Society Institute.
The Story of the Dahe Dam
A fascinating, detailed account of the years-long struggle for redress
pursued by thousands of people who were plunged deeper into poverty by
the construction of the Dahe dam. Many of the farmers uprooted for that
dam, built 30 years ago on a Yangtze tributary in what is now Chongqing
municipality, are being moved again for the Three Gorges project. "To
learn more about what goes on behind the scenes in China, this book
about the ruinous consequences of one small dam is an excellent place
to start," Dai Qing writes in her introduction to the English
Keep the doors to China wide open
(June 6, 2006) PI Fellow and Chinese environmentalist Dai Qing argues for permanent, normal trade status to promote freedom in China.
Environmentalists to fight globalization
(May 29, 2006) Article cites Dai Qing, a fellow of Probe International
China’s nuclear-power program loses steam
(May 23, 2006) Sources say the next five-year plan may pull the plug on building more atomic plants: "Dai Qing, one of China’s most ardent environmental activists, says there’s a good reason for the lack of an anti-nuclear outcry following the Qinshan shutdown."
What cost as China tames mother river?
(May 20, 2006) Article excerpt:… The dam’s most outspoken opponent is Dai Qing, a journalist turned activist whose book Yangtze! Yangtze!, which argued that the dam is a waste of money and an environment disaster, brought her 10 months in a maximum security jail.
What cost as China tames mother river
(May 20, 2006) The dam’s most outspoken opponent is Dai Qing, a journalist turned activist whose book Yangtze! Yangtze , which argued that the dam is a waste of money and an environment disaster, brought her 10 months in a maximum security jail.
China’s eco conscience
(March 16, 2006) Collaboration is key for China’s growing number of NGOs. China’s most famous environmentalist, Probe International fellow, Dai Qing, is still banned from all domestic media for her fierce criticism of the Three Gorges dam.
Many Chinese farmers oppose Three Gorges resettlement
(March 15, 2006) Of all the problems facing the Three Gorges dam project, none has been more difficult than resettlement, says Probe International’s Dai Qing.
Corruption impacts China’s Three Gorges resettlement
(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.
Following up on Mao’s big idea
(March 12, 2006) China’s government is favouring a water diversion plan once championed by Chairman Mao to help alleviate northern China’s water crisis. But, says Probe International’s Dai Qing, it doesn’t matter to the government whether it works or not.
Three Gorges and the environment
(November 15, 2005) Three Gorges Probe exclusive Dai Qing’s first public talk in China since 1989: ‘Three Gorges and the environment’
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