(July 13, 2009) A fresh aftershock jolted China’s southwest Monday, three days after an earthquake in the same area killed one person, injured hundreds and directly affected two million people, state media said.
Going thirsty so Beijing can drink
(October 9, 2008) The water level at Wangkuai Reservoir, one of the biggest in Hebei province, is close to an historic high—in a region gripped by drought. This has been achieved by hoarding the water. Local farmers say they have received none for two years.
Cooperation key to Mekong’s use and protection
(July 11, 2009) Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry sokesman Le Dung expressed Vietnam’s wish for regional cooperation in the protection and exploitation of the Mekong river.
The Pope issues a tired Old Left manifesto
(July 11, 2009) The Globe and Mail’s Neil Reynolds looks at the pontiff’s examination of foreign aid and charity.
Tipaimukh Dam- will be another man made Disaster
(July 11, 2009) Proposed Tipaimukh Dam by India- will be another man made Disaster in the Himalayan & bay of Bengal region. Time is ticking out. We- a tiny Farmers’ Research Institute working at the very local level wish to start a campaign against and find alternative for India to the proposed dam "Tipaimukh" – which is being constructed by India for generating Hydropower only.
Three Gorges Madness: An Interview with Dai Qing
(December 24, 1997) THE DAUGHTER OF A REVOLUTIONARY MARTYR, a former missile technician and one-time intelligence agent, Dai Qing is China’s foremost investigative reporter. Dai Qing first criticized China’s Three Gorges dam project in the Chinese daily press, and compiled and edited Yangtze!, Yangtze!, a collection of essays by prominent Chinese intellectuals opposed to the dam, in 1989.
China’s Top TV Journalists Learn to Report Green
(April 9, 2008) With audience ratings that reach as high as 800 million people, China Central Television (CCTV) is one of the world’s largest broadcasters. It is also the predominant media organization in a severely environmentally challenged country that has the most people on the planet.
The Yangtze Dam: Feat or Folly?
(November 9, 1997) SANDOUPING, China — Here at what was once a scenic but treacherous bend in the first of the Yangtze River’s legendary three gorges, the Chinese government inched closer today to realizing a vision that combines ambition worthy of pyramid-building Pharaohs with the destructiveness of open-pit coal mining.
IMF, World Bank & Lending Institutions: Agents Promoting Poverty or Development?
(July 6, 2009) According to The World Bank, it is, “a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.
Why Are We Still Poor?
(July 6, 2009) Look at the woman in the photograph on the left and her surrounding carefully. Does she look like someone who has been given help by aid agencies like United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Oxfam, Action Aid, Christian Aid, World Vision, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and JICA?
We are Tired of the Dictatorship and Corruption
(July 6, 2009) Protest Letter to the Politicians and Governments in Africa.
Ghana’s Oil, Will the People Benefit?
(July 6, 2009) Much has been said about Ghana’s oil and the revenue that is supposed to flow into her coffers by 2010.
Foreign Aid and Bad Government
(January 30, 2009) As Barack Obama’s presidency takes shape, many analysts are calling for a new approach to foreign aid. Iqbal Z. Quadir wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal calling on the Obama administration to stop pouring billions of dollars into state bureaucracies and instead, promote bottom-up entrepreneurship. This, he argues, would be far more effective in alleviating poverty and supporting democracies in the developing world than traditional forms of foreign aid.
China to Build 1st 10 mln-kw-level Wind Power Station
(July 5, 2009) Workers would begin construction on China’s first 10 million-kw-level wind power station in mid-July in the far northwestern city of Jiuquan, Gansu Province, a local official said Sunday.
Experts on Zimbabwe’s external debt
(July 5, 2009) Stakeholders met last week in Harare to discuss Zimbabwe’s external debt, which threatens the welfare of its citizens who have been ravaged by a deep social, economic and political crisis.
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