(June 27, 2008) The Olympics is contributing to Beijing’s worsening water crisis by increasing use of it for sports venues and prestige projects like giant musical fountains, according to a report released by Probe International.
China surveys rare fish resources in Yangtze River
The Ministry of Agriculture launched a survey of fish resources in a nature reserve on the Yangtze River on Thursday.
Chinese river dolphin almost certainly extinct
Beijing: A rare freshwater dolphin unique to China’s Yangtze River is almost certainly extinct, a Swiss conservationist said after failing to spot a single animal on an expedition which ended on Wednesday.
Farewell to the Yangtze dolphin
It lived in the Yangtze river for millions of years and was revered by the Chinese as the "goddess" of the mighty river. But now scientists believe that the baiji, a white, freshwater dolphin, is extinct.
China’s rare river dolphin now extinct, experts announce
The rare Chinese river dolphin has gone extinct, according to scientists who could not find a single one of the animals during a six-week search on China’s Yangtze River.
Fu Xiancai petitions procurator-general over official inaction on assault case
Press Release Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai has sent an open letter to China’s Procurator-general, Jia Chunwang, requesting his intervention into Fu’s assault case.
Beijing faces turmoil due to water crisis: Probe International
(June 27, 2008) Experts predict the Chinese capital could run out of water in five to 10 years, according to Grainne Ryder, policy director at Probe International.
PRESS RELEASE Beijing’s Water Crisis: 1949-2008 Olympics
(June 26, 2008) Beijing’s Water Transfers Like ‘Quenching Thirst by Drinking Poison,’ Says Report
Beijing’s Water Crisis: 1949-2008 Olympics with 2010 Update
(June 26, 2008) Beijing’s policy of draining surrounding regions to ease water shortages in the ancient capital is akin to "quenching thirst by drinking poison," according to a new report by Probe International’s Beijing-based researchers. Now with a 2010 Update.
Beijing’s water supply in state of crisis
(June 26, 2008) China’s ambitious hopes for a "green" Beijing Olympics have magnified, not relieved, the city’s reckless dependence on water from strained underground supplies and a mammoth canal project, a critical report says.
Gorges opens floodgates to feed thirsty Yangtze
Beijing: China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, has opened its floodgates to ease water shortages not seen along the Yangtze River since the Qing Dynasty, state media said on Thursday.
Southern track of Three Gorges ship lock reopens to traffic
Three Gorges dam, Yichang: Traffic on the southern track of the dual-track ship lock on the Three Gorges Dam resumed on Saturday after a four-month project to raise the lock bed.
Over 270 mln yuan of Three Gorges Dam resettlement funds misappropriated
Beijing: China’s National Audit Office (CNAO) has found that 272 million yuan (34.8 million U.S. dollars) of the funds allocated to the resettlement of residents displaced by the Three Gorges Dam project in 2004 and 2005 have been misappropriated by local authorities.
Money for Three Gorges migrants misused
by Li Xinran, Shanghai Daily January 27, 2007 China’s auditing watchdog revealed that some local authorities have misappropriated funds raised for relocating and aiding Three Gorges migrants, Xinhua news agency reported. In […]
PI Report: Beijing’s Water Crisis: 1949-2008 Olympics
(June 26, 2008) Beijing’s policy of draining surrounding regions to ease water shortages in the ancient capital is akin to "quenching thirst by drinking poison," according to a new report by Probe International’s Beijing-based researchers.
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