Probe International

(January 20, 2006) Local interests are battling over a proposal to restore seasonal flows to the floodplain of the much-dammed and ecologically imperilled Missouri River. Is there a lesson here for the builders of the Three Gorges dam?

(January 21, 2006) The dismissal of the Beijing bureau chief of the South China Morning Post has sparked claims of press-freedom restrictions in Hong Kong. While with the Post, Jasper Becker broke stories on corruption in the Three Gorges resettlement operation.

(January 21, 2006) China’s largest independent power producer, run by the son of Three Gorges dam champion Li Peng, will take a 3 per cent stake in China Three Gorges Power Co Ltd, Huaneng said on its Web site.

(January 22, 2006) Two bodies charged with evaluating the environmental impact of projects have been punished by the government, with one believed to have caused environmental problems near the site of the Three Gorges project.

(April 17, 1996) Chinese health authorities are alarmed about the potential spread of diseases among the people being forced to move to make way for the Three Gorges dam

(March 26, 1996) $12.5 million Export Development Corporation loan to Chinese government makes Canadian Taxpayers financiers of world’s “riskiest and most destructive dam project ever”

(February 9, 1996) Chinese officials admitted last week that the number of people who will have to be moved to make way for the colossal Three Gorges dam is higher than originally expected.

(January 22, 1996) The White House has apparently distanced itself from its earlier advice to the Export-Import Bank to stay away from the Three Gorges dam in China, according to a report in the Journal of Commerce. American multinationals are now confident they will get support from the bank to help build the massive and controversial dam on China’s Yangtze River.

(January 30, 2006) Two recently issued bond tranches of China’s Yangtze Three Gorges Development Co. will start trading on the mainland bourses April 19

(December 21, 1995) The United States Export-Import Bank could decide next week whether to subsidize corporate America’s involvement in China’s controversial Three Gorges dam. The bank’s board of executive directors is expected to vote on the project once the current budget impasse is resolved.

(October 12, 1995) Chinese Premier Li Peng is expected to lend a helping hand to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien tomorrow in his bid to secure business for Canadian firms in the construction of China’s Three Gorges dam. Premier Li is attending the annual general meeting of the Canada China Business Council tomorrow in Montreal and is expected to announce the award of contracts to help build the massive and controversial Three Gorges dam.

(April 5, 1995) China is being overwhelmed by a “tourist fever to bid farewell to Three Gorges,” and officials fear the situation “presents a serious threat to public security and order in tourist areas”

(February 6, 2006) Hong Kong-listed Huaneng Power International, the mainland’s largest independent power producer, has committed to the Three Gorges project.