(November 23, 2006) Construction of a new hydropower project, said to be the third largest in China, is scheduled to begin on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on Sunday, project sources said Thursday.
The rising dragon’s environmental disaster
(November 23, 2006) China author and scholar Jasper Becker writes in a new book on the environmental devastation China faces from its headlong rush to development. Two chapters from the book, Dragon Rising: An Inside Look at China Today, have been reprinted on the Asia Sentinel website by arrangement with the National Geographic Society.
China’s environmental watchdog criticizes half-hearted local governments
(November 23, 2006) Environmental law enforcement has hit obstacles in parts of China and certain local government officials have been half-hearted in dealing with pollution, said a Chinese environmental official on Tuesday.
Pollution increases in first half
(November 22, 2006) The relentless effort to increase the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) led to an increase in the discharge of major pollutants in the first half of this year, according to the country’s leading environmental watchdog.
China’s New Environmental Impact Assessment Qualification Rules
(November 22, 2006) In October 2005, the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) strengthened the domestic environmental impact assessment (EIA) market by conducting a nationwide review of the environmental impact assessment agencies (EIA Agencies) and re-issuing qualification certificates.
China water official denies plan to dam India river
(November 22, 2006) Beijing: China’s top water official has dismissed claims that Beijing plans to divert a river that flows from Tibet into India to quench China’s needs, a proposal that added to tensions between the two parched Asian giants.
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Ecology damage severe, say 95pc in online survey
(November 21, 2006) The mainland’s environmental problems are grave and local governments are bent on economic growth at the expense of the country’s ecology, according to the majority of respondents to a nationwide online survey.
Millions live in fear that China aims to steal their river
(November 20, 2006) China is considering damming the Brahmaputra, which begins as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet before cascading down through northeast India and Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal.
A troubled river mirrors China’s path to modernity
by Jim Yardley, New York Times November 19, 2006 Dolka, China: At the two glacial lakes that give birth to the Yellow River, a Tibetan nomad named Tsende stands at the river’s […]
China’s water pricing urged to hold water
(November 18, 2006) Whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting over, as Mark Twain observed. It is true. Having found itself more often on the losing side of the battle to provide sufficient clean water to the vast and arid northern region, Chinese government resorts to market-driven water pricing to cure its water shortage headache.
Investors consider the costs of Tibetan resources
(November 17, 2006) Plans to build a hydropower station on a sacred Tibetan lake in western China were abandoned last week, with the authorities deciding that developing the local tourist industry could turn out to be more profitable, but if the central government continues to encourage mining throughout its remote western regions, it will also need to build the infrastructure required to draw in investors.
Malawi deputy president arrested
(November 16, 2006) Malawi police have arrested vice president Cassim Chilumpha on corruption charges, intensifying a political crisis that is paralysing the impoverished southern African country.
Three Gorges and the environment
(November 15, 2006) Dai Qing at Sanwei Bookstore in Beijing
Leading anti-corruption campaigner detained over alleged defamation
(November 14, 2006) Campaigner against corruption in the Republic of the Congo is arrested for defaming president: latest move in a campaign of judicial harassment against activists denouncing the looting of Congolese public funds, says international NGO.
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