China says troops rush to plug dangerous cracks in dam
May 14, 2008
Over 2000 Chinese soldiers are involved in the repair efforts to prevent a dam collapse that would swamp the nearby city of Duijiangyan, endangering its 600,000 residents. [Full story]
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China's deadly earthquake: Was the Three Gorges reservoir a trigger?
May 14, 2008
Did the filling of the massive Three Gorges reservoir trigger seismic activity in what has always been an earthquake-prone region? [Full story]
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Chinese dams compromised by earthquake; authorities on alert
May 14, 2008
In the wake of China's massive earthquake, and amidst the desperate recovery effort, Chinese authorities have still more to worry about as damage to existing dams becomes evident. [Full story]
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Landslide hits town near China's Three Gorges dam
April 20, 2008
Emergency workers are still trying to rescue almost 200 people from a village that was nearly inundated by a massive landslide near the Three Gorges dam. [Full story]
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Chongqing: A tale of two cities
April 19, 2008
The Toronto Star highlights Chongqing, the world's fastest growing metropolis of 32 million at the upper end of the Three Gorges reservoir. [Full story]
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China's Three Gorges dam: An environmental catastrophe?
April 08, 2008
By 2009, the dam's water level is set to be raised to its full 175-metre capacity and then lowered about 30 metres during flood season. That increase in water pressure, in water fluctuation and in land covered by the reservoir makes for a "very large possibility" that the incidents of landslides and earthquakes will worsen, reports Scientific American. [Full story]
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