This extensive and interactive piece charts journalist Jamil Anderlini’s return to the Three Gorges Dam and includes interviews with Chongqing mayor, Fu Xiancao, Dai Qing, and a slide show of towns along the Yangtze.
Three Gorges transmission lines down amid power shortages
Heavy snowstorms felled three power transmission towers along a
majorline of the Three Gorges dam, disrupting a link in central China’s
transmission system, Xinhua news agency reported last month.
Olympics water diversion scheme starts this month
(March 11, 2008) To ensure Beijing has enough water for the Olympic games this August, about 300 million cubic
metres of water will be diverted from drought-stricken Hebei province starting the end of this month.
Tremors in China’s road to recovery
(June 11, 2008) While earthquake damage sustained by the country’s dams may pose serious threats, many are turning to the dams themselves for explanations. Probe International Fellow Dai Qing says: “We must look carefully at the questions: How do dams impact earthquakes? How do earthquakes impact dams?”
Graft fears as China turns to quake reconstruction
(June 11, 2008) China has insisted it will not allow corruption to infect its huge earthquake reconstruction effort, but one month after the disaster not everyone is convinced reality will match the pledge.
Three Gorges navigation woes set to worsen
The delays that have plagued boats trying to get around the Three Gorges dam are set to worsen soon when one-half of the two-way shiplock is taken out of service for more than nine months.
Is drought the new normal for the Yangtze?
Amid widespread worry about a shrinking river and speculation about the role of the Three
Gorges dam in exacerbating the downstream drought, officials in charge of managing the Yangtze say they lack the clout to address serious dry-season problems.
Controversial Zipingpu dam may have caused China’s deadly earthquake, says Chinese geologist Fan Xiao
(June 10, 2008) The chief engineer of the Regional Geology Investigation Team of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau talks about the possibility that the Zipingpu dam induced China’s deadly May 12 earthquake.
Three Gorges film releases
Award-winning documentary Up the Yangtze by Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang is a heart-wrenching protrayal of a family affected by the Three Gorges dam.
Probe International is co-sponsoring the release of Up the Yangtze at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival on February 3rd.
PRESS RELEASE Canadian power company threatens blackouts in Belize if rates don’t go up
(June 9, 2008) Belize’s Canadian-owned power company has threatened blackouts if electricity rates don’t go up immediately.
Three Gorges dam increases discharge to aid dry-season navigation
Three Gorges dam has increased water discharge to aid navigation in the Yangtze, where water levels are at their lowest in 50 years, according to the China Three Gorges Project Corporation, Xinhua reports.
Draining China’s “quake lake”
(June 9, 2008) Engineers in China attempt to drain significant amounts of water from the earthquake-formed Tangjiashan Lake.
Flood warning issued as China’s main “quake lake”nears drainage point
(June 6, 2008) The possibility of flooding from the Tangjiashan "quake lake," caused by China’s May 12 earthquake, increased Thursday even as water levels rose steadily to the point where engineers believe they may be able to open a drainage sluice.
Chinese dams still unstable, experts warn
The 21st Century Business Herald reported yesterday that the Zipingpu dam on the Min River sustained damages, and that water from the reservoir is being released.
Movement of the Shuping landslide in the first four years after the initial impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir, China
(June 5, 2008) The Shuping landslide was reactivated by the initial impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir, China in June 2003.
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