If completed, the Three Gorges dam will be a tragedy for the nearly two million people who will be moved, for the environment, and for the Chinese economy. Rapid technological advances make big dams, including Three Gorges, obsolete and expensive, especially when compared to cleaner and more readily available alternatives. [Full story]
Three Gorges Dam Project This detailed briefing on the controversial Three Gorges dam project by a leading source of China business news and analysis includes references to Probe International's
analysis of the dam's uncertainty in China's electricity market. Issues discussed include: construction detail, cost, resettlement, environment, culture, power generation and political motives. [Full story]
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Three Gorges landslide threat forces villagers to flee , May 9/2007 Nearly 100 villagers living upstream from the Three Gorges dam have been forced to leave under threat of a landslide officials fear was disturbed during the filling of the dam's reservoir last year: Xinhua News Agency. [Full story]
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