(June 28, 2011) China releases human rights activist Hu Jia from prison, subject to ‘supervision’.
Hu Jia released
Nationalizing China
(June 24, 2011) China is heading for a degree of government ownership and central planning unseen since Mao’s passing. This Financial Post article by Probe International’s Patricia Adams looks at the advance of the state at the expense of China’s private sector and its foreign competition. In fact, she notes, western companies – feeling unwanted – are beginning to pull up stakes in China. And that suits China just fine.
China’s Great Dam a threat to millions in India
(June 24, 2011) Mumbai: According to a high level meeting held at Beijing in January 2010, China has made plans to achieve leapfrogging development and lasting stability in the Tibet Autonomous Region in a bid to ensure China’s development as a whole.
At the Water’s Edge
(June 22, 2011) The ongoing drought in Southern China is pitting massive hydropower plans against flood management authorities – and creating a standoff with millions of livelihoods at stake.
Mao Yushi’s economic criticism of Three Gorges Dam
(June 20, 2011) Economist Mao Yushi’s criticism of the Three Gorges Dam in Dai Qing’s 1988 Yangtze! Yangtze! proves accurate more than two decades later in the wake of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s acknowledgement of problems.
Sinohydro denies Malaysian dam unsafe
(June 20, 2011) The practice of adding excessive water to cement – regarded as unsafe by the construction industry – was endemic in the building of Malaysia’s biggest dam, a new exposé claims.
China 3 Gorges Corp. defends huge dam from critics
The operator of China’s gargantuan Three Gorges Dam is defending it from deepening criticism over its environmental and economic impact.
Lu Qinkan’s Three Gorges warnings were unheeded, dire consequences now toll
(June 16, 2011) Lu Qinkan warned against construction of the Three Gorges Dam. Now his predictions have come to pass as the Yangtze river basin lurches from floods to drought.
Embarrassment as Three Gorges wins award
(June 16, 2011) From “monstrous” to “outstanding quality,” China’s Three Gorges dam wins the National Quality Investment Award despite admissions of problems by Premier Wen Jiabao.
China votes … on the Internet
(June 15, 2011) How microblogs are becoming a platform for independent election campagins.
Worst droughts on record not fault of global warming, experts say
(June 15, 2011) Global warming may not be causing the worst droughts on record from Texas to China, experts say. Many believe that the phenomenon may the result of the La Niña weather patterns.
Dammed if they do
(June 15, 2011) Low water levels in Poyang Lake, due to the Three Gorges reservoir withholding vital water supplies, encourage the Jiangxi government to consider building yet another dam to mitigate water shortages.
Misery along the Yangtze provokes frank discussions about the “monstrous” Three Gorges dam
(June 12, 2011) A consensus is building that the Three Gorges dam, which the Shanghai Daily calls “that” monstrous damming project,” dried downstream lakes. Predictions to this end made by renowned hydraulic engineer Huang Wanli, nearly 20 years ago, prove to be eerily accurate.
Three Gorges Dam crisis in slow motion
(June 11, 2011) Peter Lee takes a poignant and pithy look at the sordid history of the Three Gorges dam. From its questionable inception to the recent drought, Lee examines the government’s methodologies in dealing with critics and problems which come under fire as the Three Gorges faces its toughest challenges to date.
Choking on the Three Gorges
(June 9, 2011) China’s government at last owns up to problems at its monster dam. The Economist cites Probe International’s research documenting a significant increase in earthquakes at Three Gorges.
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