In 2007 alone, the total external costs of coal use in China reached RMB 1.7 trillion, equal to 7.1 per cent of China’s 2007 GDP. A new report on the true cost […]
The true cost of coal in China
Unconstitutional regimes and the validity of sovereign debt: A legal perspective
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Beijing taps emergency water supply
(September 18, 2008) Probe International Fellow Dai Qing is surprised that Beijing is diverting water from Hebei province weeks after the government announced it wouldn’t need to do so for the Olympics.
The Yangtze River’s journey from heaven to hell
(October 12, 1999) Environmental campaigners say the Yangtze is just the latest, biggest example of the flipside of China’s ‘economic miracle’ and that the Three Gorges dam, by slowing the river’s flow, will worsen the pollution.
Explosives ready to demolish last Three Gorges cofferdam
(September 27, 1999) Electronic triggers will control 2,540 detonators, which will set off 971 consecutive explosions around the cofferdam when it is blown up on June 6, Xinhua reports.
Cofferdam demolition won’t endanger main wall of Three Gorges dam
(August 31, 1999) Two rows of ‘bubble curtains,’ resembling car air-bags, will be set in an effort to protect the main dam wall by absorbing 50 to 70 per cent of the energy from the huge blast that will demolish the top of the cofferdam Tuesday afternoon, Xinhua reports.
Demolishing Three Gorges cofferdam to take around 12 seconds
(August 31, 1999) The demolition on June 6 of the last cofferdam protecting the Three Gorges dam will take about 12 seconds and use 191 tons of explosives, enough to destroy 400 10-storey buildings, Xinhua reports.
Three Gorges Dam takes the first strain
(August 14, 1999) ‘Despite the advantages, environmental problems along the Three Gorges reservoir are serious,’ China Daily says.
Three Gorges cofferdam dismantling won’t trigger severe geological disasters: executive
(August 8, 1999) Blowing up the Three Gorges cofferdam won’t trigger severe geological disasters, said project general manager Li Yongan. ‘Three Gorges dam will remain unaffected and safe even if there might be earthquakes.’
Three Gorges barrier demolished
(August 5, 1999) Engineers have demolished the temporary barrier behind the Three Gorges dam, in a spectacular explosion.
Giant tongue to lap Three Gorges refuse
(May 26, 1999) A giant ‘tongue’ with a vast rolling track will ‘gobble’ garbage near the dam in an effort to prevent waterborne rubbish from damaging the power generators. The tongue is aboard the world’s biggest sanitation ship, which will start work in July.
Cofferdam of Three Gorges tumbled in seconds
(April 6, 1999) The operation took about 12 seconds, causing nearly 190,000 cubic metres of concrete from the upper-30-metre section of the cofferdam to tumble into the river,
No damage to Three Gorges dam
(December 8, 1998) ‘Although the waves caused by explosion were a little stronger than predicted, the dam and the power plant were unharmed,’ said Wu Xinxia, head of the demolition team that blew up the top 30 metres of the Three Gorges cofferdam.
FEATURE: What price the Three Gorges project?
(September 18, 2008) By the end of this year China’s Three Gorges Corporation plans to raise its reservoir to a final height of 175 metres despite experts’ warnings that higher water levels are likely to accelerate sedimentation and render the port of Chongqing useless within the first 10 years of operation.
China’s Three Gorges
(October 1, 1999) China’s biggest construction project since the Great Wall generates controversy at home and abroad.
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