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The wife of a construction worker who died while working on the site is now suing Rotec Industries, a U.S.-based manufacturer of conveyor systems that transport and place concrete

As violence grows in the Three Gorges resettlement areas, international NGOs call for immediate action by government and investors to address affected peoples’ grievances.

Equipment failure is to blame for an accident that claimed three lives and severely injured 20 others at Three Gorges Project site

Officials yesterday sought to play down reports of embezzlement in the Three Gorges Dam project, saying they related to the resettlement of locals and not to the dam’s construction.

Officials confirmed that there will be an exodus of some 125,000 locals from the future reservoir area of the mammoth Three Gorges Project, which will be the world’s largest hydropower dam and is currently under construction across the Yangtze R

The Three Gorges Project, the world’s largest hydropower dam, will be environmentally friendly and will not destroy the ecological systems of the Yangtze River area, where the dam is being built, senior officials promised.

Li Yongan, vice president of the China Yangtze Three Gorges Project Development Corp., recently said that his company has worked out several listing plans

A conveyor belt from an American-built tower crane fell more than 60 feet onto a group of Chinese workers, killing three and injuring 30, the Chinese press reported.

Liang Congjie, founder of China’s first environmental NGO and outspoken critic of the Three Gorges dam, wins a Magsaysay Award, Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize.

Asian Assets Direct May 23, 2006 Washington – A controversial Chinese dam that has received billions of dollars in financing from U.S., European and Japanese banks and export credit agencies is being […]

A group of 53 experts, including former Three Gorges engineers, dam experts, parliamentarians and cultural officials, have signed a petition released by Three Gorges Probe, reports the Telegraph.

Citizens complain as local governments illegally claim land for Three Gorges Dam project.

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 […]