(May 21, 2008) The China Meteorological Administration has warned of a high risk of further landslides caused by aftershocks and heavy rain. There are fears that this could put pressure on dams and reservoirs in the disaster zone.
Earthquake Update
(May 21, 2008) Three Gorges Probe has gathered and translated the latest news from the Chinese-language press.
China works flat out to prevent dam flood
(May 21, 2008) A dam that was created by landslides during the earthquake could flood out residents in Sichuan province, The Times reports.
China asserts conditions of dams are stable
(May 20, 2008) A senior Chinese engineer has said that a series of dams situated in the vicinity of the epicenter should remain stable barring any massive aftershocks, reports the Wall Street Journal.
China’s quake: the dam factor
(May 20, 2008) A foreign service correspondent for the San Francicso Chronicle quotes Probe International’s Patricia Adams in a story linking China’s devastating earthquake to speculation that the country’s enormous Three Gorges dam “was a factor in causing the killer Sichuan province quake.”
China’s quake: the dam factor
(May 20, 2008) San Francsico Chronical Foreign Service correspondent Kathleen McLaughlin reports that "there is speculation that the world’s largest and perhaps most controversial dam was a factor in causing the killer Sichuan province quake.
AIDS for India
(March 19, 2008) World Bank and the government of India launch face-saving investigation after defective HIV/AIDS test kits, purchased with bank funds, are supplied by the Indian government to hospitals and blood banks across the country.
Don’t build dams everywhere, expert warns
(May 18, 2008) Respected researcher Chen Guojie cautions against the headlong rush to construct hydropower projects all over southwest China, where "no valley is being left undisturbed, and no river left undammed."
China earthquakes. More peril: Dam and reservoir collapse
(May 17, 2008) The 7.8 earthquake that shook Sichuan Province in the afternoon of May 12, killing an estimated 50,000, is posing a continuing threat as the untold damage to hydropower stations and reservoir dams upstream on the Min River (the Minjiang) becomes apparent, reports Chinastakes.
China sends experts to assess reservoir damage in quake-hit Sichuan
(May 16, 2008) China’s Ministry of Water Resources on Friday dispatched nine emergency repair teams to Sichuan to assess the conditions of reservoirs after Monday’s massive earthquake, reports Xinhua.
Western Countries Cancel Iraqi Debt, Gulf Countries Don’t
(May 15, 2008) During the long years of Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq, economic data were treated as top national secrets, and the revelation of such data to unauthorized persons could bring the death penalty.
Case Study: Three Gorges Dam
(May 15, 2008) Though the deadly Wenchuan earthquake was the result of tectonic stresses, experts are concerned that the filling of the Three Gorges dam’s enormous reservoir may have induced or exacerbated the earthquake.
What Makes A Tremor So Destructive?
(May 15, 2008) As China reels following Monday’s earthquake, scientists are just beginning to figure out the complex mechanics that triggered a temblor of such destructive force and widespread reach.
Chinese dams compromised by earthquake; authorities on alert
(May 14, 2008) In the wake of China’s massive earthquake, and amidst the desperate recovery effort, Chinese authorities have still more to worry about as damage to existing dams becomes evident.
China’s deadly earthquake: Was the Three Gorges reservoir a trigger?
(May 14, 2008) The world’s earthquake experts have identified tectonic plate movements as the cause of this week’s earthquake in southwestern China. But the question now is did the filling of the massive Three Gorges reservoir, which reaches the southeastern part of the Sichuan Basin, trigger seismic activity in what has always been an earthquake-prone region?
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