(August 27, 2006) Beijing’s decision to give 22 million farmers who have been displaced by dams a 600-yuan (US$75) annual subsidy for 20 years is seen by journalist Dai Qing as official acknowledgement of the high social cost of such projects, and of the simmering rural discontent they have caused.
China: Simmering dam migrants discontent, limited subsidy
(August 27, 2006) Beijing’s decision to give 22 million farmers who have been displaced by dams a 600-yuan (US$75) annual subsidy for 20 years is seen by journalist Dai Qing as official […]
River avoids pollution crisis
(August 26, 2006) The Songhua River in northeast China has avoided a chemical pollution crisis after 10 tons of chemicals were tipped into a tributary, a state environment official said.
Water level in Yangtze River continues to fall
(August 25, 2006) The water level in the Yangtze River’s middle and lower reaches continues to fall and is threatening navigation along the waterway.
Political hazard is still a big obstacle
South China Morning Post August 25, 2006 It has often been said that China is different. And it is. In few other markets is there such a degree of political presence permeating […]
Mainland moves to lift funding for water sector
(August 25, 2006) More investment expected to flow into waste treatment as Beijing boosts return of overseas players.
Chemical spill under control
(August 24, 2006) A chemical spill in a Songhua River tributary that runs through the northeastern city of Jilin has been brought under control, officials said. The illegal discharge of xylidine from a chemical factory caused a five-kilometre slick of bubbly red water.
Water level in Poyang Lake drops sharply
(August 24, 2006) China’s largest freshwater lake has fallen to record low levels as it continues to supply water to the Yangtze River’s middle reaches, which are at their lowest level in more than a century.
To increase production from every drop is the key solution for water scarcity
(August 24, 2006) In 2000, experts predicted that by 2025 one-third of the world’s population would be affected by water scarcity. The latest findings show that that forecast had come true by 2005.
River endangered once again by chemical spill
(August 24, 2006) Environmental protection officials in Jilin province dispatched thousands of police to build three dams on the Manghe River in a bid to keep a five-kilometre-long chemical pollution belt from reaching the nearby Songhua River.
Hydropower accident kills seven in SW China province
(August 24, 2006) An accident at Shuanglong hydropower station near the city of Yibin in Sichuan swept seven workers to their death, left one person missing and injured six others.
China tries to rein in reports on disasters
(August 24, 2006) A proposed law that would restrict reporting on emergencies looks to many Chinese journalists like a desperate move from a government nervous that current measures aren’t enough to contain the country’s increasingly independent newspapers.
China pours £70bn into rescuing its water supply
(August 24, 2006) The water in China is unfit for drinking, the government admitted, as it announced plans to spend £70 billion (US$132 billion) over five years on sewage and water treatment facilities.
SOE chiefs could lose their jobs
(August 23, 2006) In an annual examination of the performance of state-owned enterprises, Sinohydro Corp. — which is involved in dam-building on the Salween River in Burma — was one of four companies downgraded because of safety or pollution accidents.
Experts: Gas leak might be one cause of dry weather
(August 23, 2006) A methane leak from a natural gas field outside Chongqing in southwest China was partly the cause of the area’s worst drought on record, an atmospheric scientist claimed yesterday.
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