PRESS RELEASE State council to confiscate water ministry’s luxury hotel complex
(July 6, 1999) As millions of Chinese brace themselves for this year’s flood season, state auditors have discovered that the Ministry of Water Resources, the agency responsible for the country’s flood defense system, has diverted millions of dollars into real estate and the stock market.
UK banks pressured to return estimated 55 BLN USD looted by Nigerians
(July 1, 1999) British Jubilee 2000 is pressuring banks in the UK to freeze and help return an estimated 55 bln USD in ill-gotten gains placed abroad by Nigerians.
Finding fault with Candu case
(June 29, 1999) Letter to the Editor in response to the June 18 letter from Terry Thompson of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).
World Bank delays funding that alarmed Tibetans: Chinese program receives approval
(June 25, 1999) Brushing aside U.S. objections, the World Bank board agreed to fund a highly controversial Chinese anti-poverty program that includes resettlement of 58,000 impoverished ethnic-Chinese farmers onto fertile lands historically inhabited by Tibetans.
World Bank approves loan to China
(June 25, 1999) The World Bank tried yesterday to defuse one of its most bitter disputes in years as it approved a $160-million (US) loan to China that had angered its biggest shareholders and outraged Tibetan activists.
World Bank approves China Western Poverty Reduction Project
(June 24, 1999) Qinghai component delayed for Inspection Panel Review
China slams U.S. over World Bank loan
(June 24, 1999) China slammed the United States on Thursday for opposing a controversial $160 million World Bank loan that would help resettle impoverished Chinese farmers in an area inhabited by ethnic Tibetans.
Canada’s Executive Director to World Bank abstains from China-Tibet project loan vote
(June 24, 1999) The focus of my intervention is on the Bank’s adherence to its own internal policies and procedures– a seemingly technical issue that has important ramifications for the Bank’s reputation– Why?
Probe International’s letter to Canadian World Bank executive director
(June 23, 1999) Please find attached a copy of a May 26th letter from the Canada Tibet Committee and endorsed by Probe International, urging Canada’s Minister of Finance, Paul Martin, to withhold support for the World Bank’s proposed “China Western Poverty Reduction Project.”
World Bank postpones vote on moving farmers
(June 23, 1999) The World Bank board postponed its consideration of a project that would resettle 58,000 ethnic Chinese farmers onto traditionally Tibetan lands.
Probe International’s letter to Canadian World Bank executive director
(June 23, 1999) Please find attached a copy of a May 26th letter from the Canada Tibet Committee and endorsed by Probe International, urging Canada’s Minister of Finance, Paul Martin, to withhold support for the World Bank’s proposed “China Western Poverty Reduction Project.”
Probe International’s letter to Canadian World Bank Executive Director
(June 23, 1999) Please find attached a copy of a May 26th letter from the Canada Tibet Committee and endorsed by Probe International, urging Canada’s Minister of Finance, Paul Martin, to withhold support for the World Bank’s proposed “China Western Poverty Reduction Project.”
China presses Canada to support loan
(June 22, 1999) China is pressing Ottawa to drop its opposition to the granting of a World Bank loan that would pay for the relocation of impoverished ethnic Chinese into Tibetan homelands.
Putting forward the Candu case
(June 18, 1999) Letter to Editor from Terry Thompson of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited on Canada’s Candu nuclear reactor technology.
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