Sold down the river
October 31, 2007
This extensive and interactive piece charts journalist Jamil Anderlini's return to the Three Gorges Dam and includes interviews with Chongqing mayor, Fu Xiancao, Dai Qing, and a slide show of towns along the Yangtze. [Full story]
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The Three Gorges: a wiser approach
October 23, 2007
China's central government recently warned of a potential ecological catastrophe caused by the huge Three Gorges dam, once hailed as the country's greatest undertaking in 1,000 years. Jianqiang Liu, a prominent Chinese journalist, reports on how views of the project have changed. [Full story]
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Ecology damage report refuted
October 19, 2007
A top Three Gorges project planner Thursday refuted media reports that the ecology in the dam area has been damaged, stressing that environmental protection has always been a priority. "While environmental impact is inevitable, we should recognize that the project has brought more ecological benefit than harm," Li Yong'an said, adding that he was surprised to read reports about "played-up" hidden ecological dangers last month. [Full story]
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EU, World Bank to help China clean Yellow, Yangtze rivers
October 17, 2007
EU, World Bank to help China clean Yellow, Yangtze rivers [Full story]
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The Dam Breaks - China can no longer deny the environmental disaster at Three Gorges
October 15, 2007
As recently as 2004, the official China Daily was still emitting happy talk about the Three Gorges project's "achievements in environmental protection of the area." But now comes word that the warnings of Dai Qing and others were true. [Full story]
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INTERVIEW-China may expand environmental watchdog early '08
October 13, 2007
SEPA, China's environmental watchdog, could be expanded or given Cabinet-level status by March to enforce policies aimed at fighting chronic pollution, a top Chinese government adviser said on Friday. [Full story]
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Yunnan province plans to divert Yangtze to Kunming
October 10, 2007
The provincial government of Yunnan is promoting a US$6.5 billion scheme to divert water from the Yangtze River to a severely polluted lake in Kunming, nearly 500 kilometres away. [Full story]
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Chinese government counts costs of Three Gorges Dam
October 09, 2007
Recent revelations about the problems at the Three Gorges Dam may be part of an attempt by senior Chinese officials to distance themselves from the controversial hydropower project, say Probe International's executive director, Patricia Adams, and Probe International Fellow, Dai Qing.
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Pioneer activist's fresh challenge
October 06, 2007
Probe International Fellow Dai Qing is due to take up a year-long fellowship at the Australian National University, where she hopes to finish a book about dictatorships and liberal intellectuals. The Sydney Morning Herald outlines her unique history as an activist. [Full story]
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Three Gorges project authority: a thief crying stop thief
October 05, 2007
Probe International Fellow Dai Qing comments on China's admission that the Three Gorges dam could cause environmental catastrophe. [Full story]
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China warns of Three Gorges catastrophe while local officials plan second mass resettlement, tourism development
October 02, 2007
One week before Chinese officials warned of environmental 'catastrophe' from the Three Gorges dam, municipal officials announced plans to "safeguard" the environment and develop tourism in the Three Gorges reservoir area by moving another million people. [Full story]
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China's science and engineering academies call for more nature protection in the Yangtze River Valley
October 02, 2007
Fourteen senior members of China's Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering called for tougher laws and regulations on resource conservation in the Yangtze river basin, according to a statement issued at the "Yangtze Life Protection Forum" in Shanghai on September 16, 2007. [Full story]
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Up the Yangtze documentary premieres at Vancouver film festival
October 02, 2007
The Three Gorges Dam — contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle — provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream. [Full story]
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Three Gorges: China is warned of 'catastrophe'
September 27, 2007
For environmental activists such as the journalist Dai Qing, whose book Yangtze! Yangtze! earned her 10 months in a maximum security prison and the threat of the death sentence, the official admission that the Three Gorges dam is a potential environmental disaster was received with bitter irony. (The Independent UK) [Full story]
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China warns of 'catastrophe' from gigantic dam
September 26, 2007
Chinese officials and experts have admitted the Three Gorges Dam project has caused an array of ecological ills, including more frequent landslides and pollution, and if preventive measures are not taken, there could be an environmental "catastrophe". (Xinhua) [Full story]
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China warns of 'catastrophe' from gigantic Dam
September 26, 2007
Chinese officials and experts have admitted the Three Gorges Dam project has caused an array of ecological ills, including more frequent landslides and pollution, and if preventive measures are not taken, there could be an environmental "catastrophe". [Full story]
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Chinese admit that Three Gorges dam is an ecological disaster
September 26, 2007
Probe International Fellow Dai Qing told The Times “We have never stopped talking about the problems but our voice was too weak. The system does not listen to the voices of civic activists or dissidents. But now, at last, they are starting to hear. ... The Government knows it has made a mistake. Now they are afraid that the environmental catastrophe that they cannot prevent will spark civil unrest. So they want to go public before the troubles start." (The Times of London) [Full story]
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Experts warn of Three Gorges dam 'catastrophe'
September 26, 2007
"We absolutely cannot sacrifice our environment in exchange for temporary economic prosperity." (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) [Full story]
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China warns of catastrophe from Three Gorges dam
September 25, 2007
The strikingly frank acknowledgement of problems comes weeks before a congress of the ruling Communist Party that is set to consolidate policies giving more attention to environmental worries after decades of unfettered industrial growth. (Washington Post) [Full story]
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China asks leeway on greenhouse gases
September 08, 2007
China cites global warming in bid to triple hydropower capacity to 300 gigawatts. [Full story]
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