(November 10, 2000) Stormy weather and a ‘desperate lack of funds’ are hampering efforts by engineers and locals in central China to stabilize and prevent further collapse of Yangtze riverbanks, which have already given way in seven places, Xinhua reports.
China to transfer electricity to Thailand
(November 10, 2000) The power departments of China and Thailand have formally signed an investment agreement on jointly developing Jinghong Hydropower Station in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Thailand will buy electricity from Yunnan which is rich in hydropower resources.
Chinese officials deny planning nuclear blasts to build giant hydro project
(November 8, 2000) Hong Kong’s Mingpao newspaper reports that Chinese Ministry of Water Resources official, Li Linsheng, strongly denies a Sunday Telegraph report claiming that China is planning nuclear blasts to build a massive hydroelectricity project and water diversion scheme in Tibet.
Publicly guaranteed corruption: corrupt power projects and the responsibility of export credit agencies in Indonesia
(November 2000) According to Peter Brossard, foreign companies in Indonesia secured exorbitant profits by participating in Suharto’s corrupt regime. All the while, these comapnies were given political and financial support by northern governments, international financial institutions and export credit agencies.
Letter to the OECD: the OECD, export credit agencies and corruption
(November 5, 2000) A letter endorsed by 78 NGOs from 33 countries proposes that the OECD’s Export Credit Group adopt measures to prevent corruption in ECA projects.
Three Gorges Probe – officials deny problems; no customers for Xiaolangdi dam
(November 3, 2000) Three Gorges dam officials deny problems
Letter from Pierre Pettigrew, responding to questions on EDC-backed Urra dam
(November 3, 2000) Pierre Pettigrew, Minister for International Trade and responsible for the Export Development Corporation, responds to a letter questioning EDC’s involvement in the trouble-plagued Urra dam in Colombia.
Publicly guaranteed corruption
(November 1, 2000) According to Peter Bosshard, foreign companies gained from Indonesian corruption while recieving political and financial support from northern governments, international financial institutions and export credit agencies.
Transnational Civil Society Coalitions and the World Bank: Lessons From Project and Policy Influence Campaigns
(Nobember 1, 2000) The World Bank is a premier development institution, employing thousands of highly-trained analysts and shaping the development projects and policies of governments in every region of the world. In the realm of development actors, the Bank is an institutional Goliath—sometimes wrong, but almost always influential, given its financial resources and its capacity for research and policy analysis.
Ancient kilns unearthed in Three Gorges area
Chongqing: Six kilns dating to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) were unearthed recently at the Tuchengpo ruins of kilns in Wushan County, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality.
Umbrellas on banned list at Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges dam opened again to tourists this week, on the condition they don’t bring canned drinks, video cameras or umbrellas.
Serious pollution found at riverside factories
(October 31, 2000) Twenty major factories, including 11 along the Yangtze River, must take immediate steps to address serious environmental safety problems, SEPA announces.
Three Gorges Dam Project
(October 31, 2000) This detailed briefing on the controversial Three Gorges dam project by a leading source of China business news and analysis includes references to Probe International’s analysis of the dam’s uncertainty in China’s electricity market.
Three Gorges Probe – China proposes nuclear blasts
(October 30, 2000) China proposes nuclear blasts to build world’s largest hydro project
Foreign Ministry spokesman’s press conference
(October 26, 2000) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao answers a question about proposed dam development in the Three Parallel Rivers UNESCO World Heritage site.
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