Probe International

(October 13, 2007) SEPA, China’s environmental watchdog, could be expanded or given Cabinet-level status by March to enforce policies aimed at fighting chronic pollution, a top Chinese government adviser said on Friday.

(October 12, 2007) The recent announcement by Chinese officials that a new relocation plan is necessary to protect the Three Gorges dam reservoir area has prompted the concern of critics. Probe International’s Grainne Ryder points out that the first resettlement program was never properly assessed and that "local officials are in the dark" for this second move, which "will likely provoke more conflict and social unrest."

(October 9, 2007) Recent revelations about the problems at the Three Gorges Dam may be part of an attempt by senior Chinese officials to distance themselves from the controversial hydropower project, say Probe International’s executive director, Patricia Adams, and Probe International Fellow, Dai Qing.

(October 6, 2007) Probe International Fellow Dai Qing is due to take up a year-long fellowship at the Australian National University, where she hopes to finish a book about dictatorships and liberal intellectuals. The Sydney Morning Herald outlines her unique history as an activist.

(October 2, 2007) The Three Gorges Dam — contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle — provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream.

(October 2, 2007) Fourteen senior members of China’s Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering called for tougher laws and regulations on resource conservation in the Yangtze river basin, according to a statement issued at the "Yangtze Life Protection Forum" in Shanghai on September 16, 2007.