(May 29, 2006) Article cites Dai Qing, a fellow of Probe International
Why is it difficult to eradicate corruption in Indonesia
(May 26, 2006) “You can’t clean a dirty floor with a dirty broom,” says Jarkarta Post columnist T. Sima Gunawan, quoting an activist, in response to the problem of graft in Indonesia, ranked by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International as the sixth most corrupt nation in the world.
China’s environmental disaster
The giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River risks choking China’s largest river port with silt and sewage and displacing 500,000 people unnecessarily, engineers and academics are warning the country’s political leaders.
Wolfowitz defuses disputes over his role as world banker
(May 24, 2006) Certainly there is harsh criticism of Wolfowitz, but it seems tempered by a sense that his approach offers a chance for change at the World Bank, a lumbering institution often berated as secretive, bureaucratic and ineffective.
Nigeria after debt relief
(May 24, 2006) The battle for the cancellation of Nigeria’s foreign debt has been won and lost.
Finding the true cost of China’s west-east hydro
(May 24, 2006) Probe International Special Report: Grainne Ryder argues that China’s new electricity regulator should initiate a full-cost review of state dam-building in earthquake-prone Yunnan province.
Chongqing fights crimes from Three Gorges resettlement
(May 24, 2006) Local authorities in Chongqing are launching a three-month campaign to deal with officials who have illegally used their influence to profit from the resettlement of the multi-billion yuan Three Gorges Dam Project.
Finding the true cost of China’s west-east hydro
Probe International Special Report: Grainne Ryder argues that China’s new electricity regulator should initiate a full-cost review of state dam-building in earthquake-prone Yunnan province.
China’s nuclear-power program loses steam
(May 23, 2006) Sources say the next five-year plan may pull the plug on building more atomic plants: "Dai Qing, one of China’s most ardent environmental activists, says there’s a good reason for the lack of an anti-nuclear outcry following the Qinshan shutdown."
Reaching to new heights of fraud
(May 22, 2006) Since 1998, Three Gorges Probe has been reporting on corruption at China’s Ministry of Water Resources. This article details the latest MWR scandal.
Dam completion washes away old China
(May 21, 2006) The Sunday Times reports on protests against resettlement policies in China, where 1.3 million people were pushed off their land to make way for the Three Gorges Dam.
May 2006 Campaign Letter
Supporting English language training will help Chinese environmentalists tell their story and protect their environment.
To build and be damned
Article refers to Three Gorges petition endorsed by 53 Chinese experts warning that the project is vulnerable to serious silting upstream of the dam.
Critics say price of China’s Three Gorges dam too high
(May 20, 2006) China hails the Three Gorges dam, which it completed Saturday, as the solution to a series of national problems, but critics say the price is too high.
What cost as China tames mother river?
(May 20, 2006) Article excerpt:… The dam’s most outspoken opponent is Dai Qing, a journalist turned activist whose book Yangtze! Yangtze!, which argued that the dam is a waste of money and an environment disaster, brought her 10 months in a maximum security jail.
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