(May 29, 2008) “The Three Gorges reservoir area – from Honghuabao in Jiangjin City of Chongqing to the dam site downstream – has not been affected and is generally stable,” says Li Yongan, general manager of the Three Gorges Corporation.
China fights quake lakes
(May 29, 2008) About 160,000 people are being relocated and the government may have to evacuate as many as 1.3 million after landslides caused by the May 12 quake blocked rivers, creating 35 lakes, reported Bloomberg. Some of them are threatening to burst their banks.
Yangtze dolphin is no more
The Yangtze river dolphin (or baiji) made headlines last week after an international team of researchers announced the "functional extinction" of the species. The announcement came after the team spent six weeks combing the entire known range of the baiji in the 1669-kilometre main channel of China’s Yangtze River.
Mass theft, terrorism expected to increase with Three Gorges
The Three Gorges area will become "the object of the covetous gaze of criminals" from outside China, as well as a key area for sabotage by "criminals harboring a strong desire for revenge on society," warn Chinese authorities in two security documents leaked to Human Rights Watch/Asia.
Tourist frenzy in Three Gorges to cause chaos, secret Chinese documents predict
China is being overwhelmed by a "tourist fever to bid farewell to Three Gorges," and officials fear the situation "presents a serious threat to public security and order in tourist areas," according to internal security documents leaked to Human Rights Watch/Asia.
Chinese leader will aid Chretien award contracts to supporters of the controversial Three Gorges dam
Chinese Premier Li Peng is expected to lend a helping hand to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien tomorrow in his bid to secure business for Canadian firms in the construction of China’s Three Gorges dam. Premier Li is attending the annual general meeting of the Canada China Business Council tomorrow in Montreal and is expected to announce the award of contracts to help build the massive and controversial Three Gorges dam.
Three Gorges fund could be diverted to massive South-North Water Transfer Scheme
Money raised to build China’s Three Gorges dam could soon be diverted to a massive south-north water diversion scheme the building of which one senior official is calling "suicide."
U.S. Ex-Im bank decision on Three Gorges dam expected soon: American firms lobby to get green light
The United States Export-Import Bank could decide next week whether to subsidize corporate America’s involvement in China’s controversial Three Gorges dam. The bank’s board of executive directors is expected to vote on the project once the current budget impasse is resolved.
White House reportedly abandons effort to block Ex-Im aid for Three Gorges dam
The White House has apparently distanced itself from its earlier advice to the Export-Import Bank to stay away from the Three Gorges dam in China, according to a report in the Journal of Commerce. American multinationals are now confident they will get support from the bank to help build the massive and controversial dam on China’s Yangtze River.
China considers earthquake danger of dams
(May 28, 2008) With so many of Sichuan’s dams and reservoirs at risk of collapse, this month’s earthquake “may tilt the balance of public opinion in favour of a more cautious and environmentally conscious approach to such development,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
Three Gorges dam to create more refugees than expected, admit Chinese officials
Chinese officials admitted last week that the number of people who will have to be moved to make way for the colossal Three Gorges dam is higher than originally expected.
International, Canadian environmentalists protest Canadian support for Three Gorges dam
$12.5 million Export Development Corporation loan to Chinese government makes Canadian Taxpayers financiers of world’s "riskiest and most destructive dam project ever"
Chinese health authorities panic about the spread of diseases among Three Gorges evacuees
Chinese health authorities are alarmed about the potential spread of diseases among the people being forced to move to make way for the Three Gorges dam, according to an article in a Chinese newspaper, Health Daily.
PRESS RELEASE Canada now sole supporter of world’s riskiest and most destructive dam project
Three Gorges Probe May 31, 1996 After a protracted and heated debate, the United States Export-Import Bank announced yesterday that it will not provide financial assistance for US companies vying to build […]
PRESS RELEASE Three Gorges dam: investors still suspicious, controversy rages on
Despite China’s optimism in offering a $120 million bond issue for the Three Gorges Project this month, international investors are still hesitant to back the highly controversial dam. Says senior analyst Simon Billenness, of Franklin Research and Development in Boston, "Until the grave environmental and human rights concerns are adequately addressed, we wouldn’t touch Three Gorges with a barge pole." A project finance analyst, who asked to remain anonymous, maintained, "The Chinese are going to have a very difficult time financing this. I think the Three Gorges [project] is simply going to be crushed under the sheer weight of itself; the project is much too ambitious."
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