Three Gorges Probe Blogs

Residents in one Chinese village were so fed up with pollution from a local aluminium plant that they took their frustrations to the street. According to media reports, more than 1,000 people from Zhuang village in Jingxi County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, broke into the Xinfa plant of aluminum manufacturer Shandong Xinfa Aluminum & Power Group, one of the three largest producers in Jingxi, smashed equipment and, later, blocked roads, a railway line and surrounded the county’s government headquarters  read more »

While citizens across China are confronting some of the most severe winter weather in decades, they’re finding that holdover policies from the Maoist era are making the situation worse.  read more »

Report from Al Jazeera on rising costs of the Three Gorges dam.  read more »

Chinese citizens are beginning to ask questions about the official estimates and management of the Three Gorges dam  read more »

Scientists at the International Space Station have released a picture of the Three Gorges dam. The picture highlights, not only the size of the dam itself, but the massive effect it is having on area's geography and ecosystem.  read more »