(February 20, 2006) Construction workers on Wednesday started to dismantle the remaining part of the second-phase Three Gorges cofferdam, as the average height of the dam of the world’s largest hydro-power project on the Yangtze River is above 140 meters.
Six major tasks scheduled for Three Gorges dam in 2002
(February 20, 2006) Xinhua news agency lists the project objectives for this year.
China speeds up resettlements
(January 20, 2002) Qin Feiyun dices greens with a cleaver in her restaurant, puts an oiled wok on the gas stove and waits for customers who never come. Qin’s family recently joined thousands of people forced to evacuate homes in central China that will be flooded by the reservoir of the giant Three Gorges Dam.
Workers begin to dismantle Three Gorges cofferdam
(February 21, 2006) Construction workers start to dismantle the remaining part of the second-phase Three Gorges cofferdam
Stiff fines introduced for Three Gorges area pollution
(February 21, 2006) China put into effect a new regulation on water pollution control in the Three Gorges area of the Chongqing Municipality, where the world’s largest water conservancy project is being carried out.
Chinese archeologists discover Paleolithic ruins at Three Gorges site
(February 23, 2006) Archeologists have found 44 ruins at the dam site dating back at least 10,000 years, underscoring the region’s reputation as a cradle of ancient Chinese culture, Xinhua news agency reports.
Work nearly done on Three Gorges ship lock
(February 24, 2006) The ship lock at the dam is on schedule to begin operating in June, 2003, when the reservoir begins to store water, Xinhua news agency reports.
China to invest in Three Gorges area pollution prevention
(February 25, 2006) China plans to spend nearly 40 billion yuan (US$4.8 billion) on pollution-prevention measures in the Three Gorges dam area, Agence France-Presse reports.
First generator being installed at Three Gorges dam
(February 27, 2006) Chinese engineers Thursday began to install the first generator unit at the Three Gorges Hydropower Plant on the Yangtze River.
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The fair trade movement – designed to give Third World farmers a living wage while also protecting the environment – started with the best of intentions; it is now paving the road to hell. Although it purports to be a consumer-driven movement that promotes trade over aid, it is funded by government foreign aid agencies and trade unions bent on keeping Third World goods out of Western markets. Although it claims to have the small farmers’ interest at heart, it acts as a gatekeeper that excludes small farmers from the fair trade club to ensure the movement’s own self-preservation.
Sovereign debt and social rights: legal reflections on a difficult relationship
(September 10, 2008) The relationship between the sovereign debt of developing countriesand the protection of social rights in those countries has received a lot of attention from an economic, political and moral perspective, but relatively little has been written about the legal side of this relationship.
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China wages war on opium in the Three Gorges area
(July 30, 2004) As police try to crack down an opium-poppy growing in the heart of the Three Gorges reservoir area, local officials draw links between the illicit cash crop and the economic turmoil in the region caused by dam-related resettlement.
‘Massive corruption’ on world’s biggest construction site
(March 2, 2006) A web of corruption and violence is now endemic in the world’s biggest dam construction site, according to a searing report released by Probe International.
China’s assault on the environment
(March 6, 2006) Probe International’s Three Gorges dam investigative work highlighted.
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