Probe International

South China Morning Post May 31, 2006 Special inspectors have been sent to units responsible for resettling people affected by the Three Gorges Dam project to purge cadres guilty of corruption after […]

Discovery Channel June 2, 2006 It is now eight years since the People’s Congress of China approved the Three Gorges Dam project – and sparked a global controversy. Slated for completion in […]

Press Advisory, International Rivers Network June 3, 2006 Scandal further Discredits Wall Street Financed Project A group of 53 Chinese senior engineers and academics has made an urgent appeal to China’s leaders […]

The Wall Street Journal June 3, 2006 Shanghai, China- Underlying mounting criticism of China’s Three Gorges Dam is a fundamental shift in the economics of the country’s energy industry. When China signed […]

Los Angeles Times June 4, 2006 China: Problems have dogged Three Gorges facility, with costs put at as much as $70 billion. Now, building official reportedly makes off with $120 million. BEIJING–The […]

Stratfor.com’s Global Intelligence Update June 5, 2006 Summary Citing environmental and financial concerns, members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) petitioned the government to slow work on the Three Gorges […]

South China Morning Post June 5, 2006 In a fresh example of corruption plaguing the massive Three Gorges Dam project, a senior official suspected of having siphoned off more than one billion […]

South China Morning Post June 5, 2006 "I have abandoned all hope," wrote a deputy director of the Three Gorges Economic Development Corporation in the suicide note he left behind when he […]

China Daily June 6, 2006  Water authorities have been urged to take the opportunity of Western China’s much-talked about development to accelerate water conservancy projects in the region. Water authorities should contribute […]

South China Morning Post June 6, 2006 A group of 53 senior engineers, water management experts and academics has sent a petition to the top leadership urging a rethink on the progress […]

Agence France Presse June 6, 2006 [NB The US$600 million figure given by AFP in the following article is incorrect. According to the Hong Kong-based Guangzhou Daily, China’s Auditor-General, Li Jinhua, reported […]

Power in Asia June 6, 2006 A top executive with the largest Three Gorges dam subcontractor was fired in January for his decision to buy second-hand, dilapidated construction machinery to build the […]

China Daily June 6, 2006 CHENGDU: China plans to accelerate the development of water resources on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River as part of the country’s efforts to develop the […]

South China Morning Post June 6, 2006 Beijing–The Three Gorges company will not be floated on the stock market because it is beset with economic and technical problems, said Yuan Guolin, retired […]

Agence France Presse June 6, 2006 Clients with stock in the financial services giant Morgan Stanley Dean Witter on Thursday filed a shareholder resolution questioning the bank’s approach to human rights and […]