May 21, 2012 11:40 PM
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China to Build 20 Hydro Dams on Yangtze River
In order to harness more of its potential hydropower resources, China will build 20 hydro dams along its Yangtze River. From People’s Daily Online: China will boost the use of the hydroelectric resources along the Yangtze River in the coming decades despite increasing oppositions, according to a strategic development plan of the river unveiled by the Ministry of Water Resources yesterday. ByApril 21, 2009 10:12 PM
How Building Shanghai Up is Bringing It Down
At TIME’s Ecocentric blog, Kate Springer discusses the problem of subsidence which, according to a recent governmen
Three Gorges Forces Further Displacement
Twenty years have passed since the Chinese government authorized the massive Three Gorges Dam project. Since then, there
April 18, 2012 11:29 AM
Construction Begins on Final Yangtze Dam
While China continues to push for work to be resumed on the Myitsone Dam in Myanmar, it’s own Three Gorges Corp. ha
March 30, 2012 4:48 AM
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