(September 28, 2006) The Chinese government released its first “green” gross domestic product (GDP) report earlier this month, presenting an alternative to the nation’s current economic development path.
Dams on Salween – test for Burmese, Thai juntas
(September 28, 2006) Will South-east Asia’s last untouched body of water, the Salween river, emerge as a testing ground for the future relationship between this region’s oldest military regime, in Burma, and the new junta on the block, in Thailand?
Foisting the costs onto others: The Three Gorges example
(September 28, 2006) Fresh from winning a prestigious award for Still Life, his feature film set against the backdrop of the Three Gorges dam, the acclaimed director talks to Three Gorges Probe about the making, and the meaning, of the movie.
No regrets, Chinese activist says despite paralyzing attack
‘I will never regret
what I have done,’ says Fu Xiancai, who has begun receiving treatment
in Beijing at one of the country’s best rehabilitation centres
Group monitors China’s water polluters using online mapping
(September 26, 2006) The new China Water Pollution Map enables users to survey water quality, monitor pollution discharges, and track pollution sources using digital mapping.
Minister criticizes ‘predatory development’ of Nu River
(September 26, 2006) The proposal to build 13 hydropower plants on the Nu (Salween) River in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province constitutes a form of “predatory development”, said Wang Shucheng, China’s Minister of Water Resources.
West failing to curb bribery overseas
(September 25, 2006) By not paying bribes in graft-prone countries, companies would
be interfering in national sovereignty, say defenders of illicit
corporate payments to poor nations.
China compiling white paper on energy policies
(September 25, 2006) China’s powerful central planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, is overseeing the preparation of a white paper on the country’s energy policies
Massive capital for renewable power
(September 25, 2006) China will invest 1.5 trillion yuan (US$187.5 billion) to increase the ratio of renewable energy consumption, said Wu Guihui, vice-director-general of the Bureau of Energy under the National Development and Reform Commission.
Paralyzed Chinese dissident arrives in Beijing clinic
Injured Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai will spend at least three months at one of the best rehabilitation clinics in China, thanks to German donations.
Chronicling China in upheaval
World Bank management takes over Wolfowitz’s anti-corruption proposal
(September 21, 2006) The World Bank’s shareholder governments struck Bank president Paul Wolfowitz a blow this week after they opted to take control of his flagship anti-corruption strategy rather than allow him the free hand he had hoped for to advance his campaign against graft.
Floating garbage piling up in Three Gorges Dam
(September 21, 2006) Massive amounts of floating garbage are accumulating behind China’s giant Three Gorges Dam due to a drought and a host of other factors, state press said Thursday.
Scandal in China water clean-up
(September 20, 2006) The Beijing-based Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, run by author Ma Jun, has launched a ‘name and shame’ website that lists more than 2,500 companies it accuses of polluting the country’s fragile water system.
Lessons of Huaihe River water pollution
(September 20, 2006) ‘To pollute the rivers just took a few years or a few days, but to turn the river clean will take more than a decade to complete,’ a SEPA official said.
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