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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.
Yunnan’s Jumping Tiger Gorge to be submerged under reservoir
(September 13, 2004) The Jumping Tiger Gorge [Hutiaoxia] in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, is regarded as a wonder of nature, with 17,000-feet high snow-capped peaks looking down upon Asia’s longest and most turbulent river, the Jinsha (the upstream of the Yangtze). However, within ten years, the Jumping Tiger Gorge is scheduled to be developed into a reservoir
Corruption impacts China’s Three Gorges resettlement
(March 13, 2006) Probe International’s Dai Qing says it is never too late to stop construction of the Three Gorges dam. Yet dam construction is proceeding on schedule as Three Gorges migrants, without money or jobs, continue to resist resettlement.
Staid papers nourish saucy little sisters
The dismissal of senior editorial staff at the Guangzhou-based Southern Weekend has focused attention on the city’s media market
Many Chinese farmers oppose Three Gorges resettlement
Of all the problems facing the Three Gorges dam project, none has been more difficult than resettlement, says Probe International’s Dai Qing.
Tiger Leaping Gorge under threat
One of the world’s most spectacular natural attractions is threatened by a plan to build eight big dams on the Jinsha River (as the upper Yangtze is known), and the Chinese press and environmental groups are speaking out.
Gorges Dam: Premier Zhu stresses quality
Premier Zhu Rongji stressed that construction quality is of life-and-death importance to the Three Gorges Project.
Three Gorges shiplock not up to speed
Improving navigation on the Yangtze was a chief justification for going ahead with the Three Gorges project, but so far the dam’s shiplock has proved to be a bottleneck and delays have become routine.
THREE GORGES ORAL HISTORY SERIES: Lost Lives: The Plight of the Migrants
Old Man Chen and his family own a thriving orange orchard and are considered among the wealthiest in Guanyin Village.  When they are forced off their land to make way for the Three Gorges dam and not properly compensated, Chen petitions the government for redress.
Major flooding risk could span decades after Chinese earthquake
(September 7, 2008) Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries.
The Yangtze River Tow Men
(September 4, 2008) An English merchant by the name of A. J. Little who spent a month and a half travelling by wooden sailing boat in the Three Gorges from Hankou to Chongqing in the spring of 1883 recorded this description in his book “Sailing the Three Gorges:”
Quake survivors now face threat of flooding from damaged dams
(September 4, 2008) An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Sichaun province last Saturday, killing at least 38 people and displacing 1.09 million, reports the South China Morning Post.
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