A recent radio broadcast from China has reported that opponents of the massive Three Gorges dam were arrested in October and face up to 20 years in prison. The news report, from the Hubei People’s Broadcasting Station, calls the dissidents "evildoers" and accuses them of damaging power facilities, "indulging in swindling and robbery, hindering the performance of public affairs, provoking disputes and spreading obscene videotapes."
Canadian company to help displace over 1 million Chinese from their homes crown corporation expected
(November 7, 1995) Monenco Agra, a subsidiary of Calgary-based Agra Industries Ltd., plans to help the Chinese government displace more than one million people to make way for the Three Gorges dam.
Chinese leader will aid Chretien award contracts to supporters of the controversial Three Gorges dam
(October 12, 1995) Chinese Premier Li Peng is expected to lend a helping hand to Prime Minister Jean Chretien tomorrow in his bid to secure business for Canadian firms in the construction of China’s Three Gorges dam.
Fall 1995 Campaign Letter
Cyanide devastated Guyana’s main waterway this summer, thanks to a project supported by your tax dollars.
Probe Alert: UN body financing the destruction of two major river systems
(September 2, 1995) Contrary to its ideals of promoting “pro-poor, pro-nature, pro-jobs and pro-women” sustainable human development, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has a dismal history of supporting some of the largest and most destructive development projects in the world.
Probe Alert Fall 1995
UN body financing the destruction of two major river systems
Cyanide devastated Guyana’s main waterway, thanks to a project supported by your tax dollars
(August 21, 1995) The disaster in Guyana began in the early morning hours of Saturday August 19: at a Canadian-owned gold mine, a red, poisonous sludge erupted through a breach in an earthen dam which was holding back a waste pond.
Children party of elite quick to prosper in China
(July 20, 1995) Family Ties/ Connection have always mattered, but never as much as today with decentralization and new economic opportunities abounding.
The World Bank
(June 30, 1995) As Congressional budget cutters in Washington prepare to slash US funding for the World Bank by as much as 50 percent, the Bank is desperately trying to polish its tarnished image and rescue its funding.
World Bank Backgrounder # 49
(June 8, 1995) G-7 Communique expected to call on World Bank to strengthen environmental policies, while critics call focus on environment a publicity stunt
Misspent billions: Third World aid?
(May 10, 1995) If the tiny country of Laos had the same population density as the city of Manhattan, we would all be there–the globe’s entire 5.7 billion population, in fact, would have more space per person than do Manhattan residents, who pride themselves on living in one of the world’s most sophisticated cities. The space outside Laos–virtually the entire globe–would then be available for farming, mining, and whatever else our Laotian populace required.
Tourist frenzy in Three Gorges to cause chaos, secret Chinese documents predict
Mass theft, terrorism expected to increase with Three Gorges construction of dam to bring crime wave
The Three Gorges area will become "the object of the covetous gaze of criminals" from outside China, as well as a key area for sabotage by "criminals harboring a strong desire for revenge on society," warn Chinese authorities in two security documents leaked to Human Rights Watch/Asia.
Spirit trap: The Mekong
(March 21, 1995) Before sunrise the men have collected the night’s catch from the large lee traps scaffolded over the rushing water. Women sit gutting and chopping the silver-white fish, to get them ready for smoking. ‘Not a great catch, but good enough,’ says one man, placing his fish on the scales. ‘Last season, one of these traps caught over a ton of fish in just one night.
Your tax dollars are financing the forced relocating of 1.3 million Chinese
(March 21, 1995) Last November, while leading his Team Canada mission in China, Prime Minister Jean Chretien shocked Canadians by announcing Canadian government support for the mammoth Three Gorges dam project on the Yangtze River, and his intention to use tax dollars to help finance this controversial project.
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