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.
The Other Great Wall
Forget the Olympics. This is China’s most spectacular extravaganza.
Campaign directed at Thai students
Agency blasted for pushing N-power
THREE GORGES ORAL HISTORY SERIES: Bright Sun City’s Dark Intent
Trusting Three Gorges migrants are lured to Bright Sun City by the promise of prime land, new housing and government support, only to be cheated out of their resettlement compensation by corrupt officials. Frustrated, the migrants protest their treatment, but are branded troublemakers, harassed and thrown in jail.
Chinese journalist Dai Qing and Three Gorges Probe proudly present "Bright Sun City’s Dark Intent" by Liu Bai, the third in a series of oral histories brought to you from the Three Gorges region.
Beijing promises stable power, water supply for Olympics
(August 4, 2008) Beijing’s power and water supply capacity will adequately meet the demand during the upcoming Olympics, an official said in Beijing Monday.
Water crisis plumbs new depths
(August 14, 2008) Overexploitation of underground supplies.
China conservation efforts aid aquifer levels
(August 28, 2008) China claims underground water levels in Beijing are rising this year, reversing a nearly decadelong decline, in part because of conservation efforts tied to the Olympics, reports the Wall Street Journal. Probe International and Chinese environmentalists are skeptical.
Activists warn investors about banks of the Yangtze
Environmentalists are warning investors that bonds to be sold soon will indirectly finance China’s Three Gorges dam. The dam’s future "rests squarely in the hands of international bankers and investors," says Probe International fellow, Dai Qing.
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