(September 12, 2009) Two Chinese dissidents caused a diplomatic incident at a symposium Saturday ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Their appearance at the event was enough for the official Chinese delegation to walk out.
ROUNDUP Chinese dissidents arrive in Germany for book fair
(September 11, 2009) A Chinese dissident said Friday she would describe ‘abuses of power’ by Chinese officials when she addresses a symposium in the German city of Frankfurt over the weekend.
German buch news: dissidents barred from international symposium on China
(September 11, 2009) The international symposium ”China and the World – Perceptions and Realities,” scheduled for this weekend in Frankfurt has been overshadowed by a controversy involving the cancelled participation of Chinese dissident writers.
Frankfurt Book Fair debate bars participants at Chinese government request
(September 11, 2009) Bei Ling and Dai Qing excluded after Chinese government threatens to withdraw from event if they participate.
Dissident writers coming to Frankfurt Book Fair
(September 11, 2009) Frankfurt Book Fair organisers said Friday that two Chinese authors they had disinvited to a symposium after China threatened to boycott the event would attend after all – but not as official guests.
Chinese dissidents travel to German book fair
(September 11, 2009) Beijing – A Chinese dissident writer traveled to the Frankfurt Book Fair Friday despite organizers revoking her invitation due to pressure from Beijing.
Chinese government prevents Dai Qing and other critics from attending the Frankfurt Book Fair event
(September 10, 2009) Dai Qing, the international-recognized environmentalist, journalist and activist, has been barred by the Chinese government from attending a conference in Germany in the lead up to the world’s largest trade fair.
Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, the Magsaysay Award, pays tribute to China’s blossoming environmental movement
(September 9, 2009) Two prominent Chinese environmentalists have taken home this year’s Ramon Magsaysay award. Probe International would like to congratulate Yu Xiaogang for his path-breaking work on the negative effects of dams and Ma Jun for his work to control pollution in China’s manufacturing sector through transparency and public participation.
China wants to keep them away from German book fair, dissidents say
(September 9, 2009) Beijing – China’s government censors are attempting to keep critics away from a conference in Germany ahead of the world’s largest trade fair for books, Chinese authors said Wednesday.
Three Gorges dam
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Renewed fighting and refugee influx a wake-up call to Chinese dam-builders
(September 5, 2009) Shan activists are calling on China to immediately halt all investment in dams on the Salween River following the recent heavy fighting between the Burmese military regime and the Kokang ceasefire army near the site of the Upper Salween Dam planned by Chinese companies in northern Shan State.
Canadian dam in Belize pollutes river: NOTE for Fortis Inc. shareholders
(September 4, 2009) Newfoundland-based Fortis Inc. shocks river with sediment discharges from Chalillo dam, threatens public health, river ecology and the Belize barrier reef.
Electricity price reform: still putting the cart before the horse
(September 4, 2009) “Electricity transmission and distribution reform” is a general term referring to the restructuring of power providers’ grid access, networking, and power transmission, as well as sales and services — originally scheduled to begin this year. But on July 1, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission and NDRC announced that the reform was being temporarily shelved.
Canadian-owned dam shocks Belize River with discharges, threatens river ecology
(September 3, 2009) The Chalillo Dam on the Macal River in Belize is facing renewed criticism after a local watchdog group released photographs that show the dam is discharging discoloured orange-brown sediment-laden water, polluting downstream users and threatening the river’s ecology and ocean reefs where it empties into the Caribbean Sea.
India and China depleting aquifers
(September 3, 2009) India and China may differ in their political structures—the former the world’s most populous democracy, the latter the most populace one-party state—but they share a ruinous use of ground water in which each is draining their aquifers faster than they can be replenished.
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