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The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 9, 2015
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 4, 2015
Four days after the June 1 capsizing of the Oriental Star cruise ship, only 14 of the ship’s...
by Cindy | Jun 3, 2015
Following a directive on Tuesday banning Chinese journalists from traveling to the site of Monday...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 12, 2014
After a decade of construction, the middle route of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion...
by Josh Rudolph | Jul 22, 2014
Originally thought up by Mao Zedong in the 50s and given Beijing’s go-ahead in 2001, the...
by Samuel Wade | Nov 6, 2013
China has built 22,000 dams taller than 15 meters since the 1950s, displacing some 16 million...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 25, 2013
At China.org.cn, Wu Jin reports the devastation of the upper Yangtze river by overfishing,...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 10, 2013
The Economist highlights water pollution, disappearing rivers and U.N. standard-shattering water...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 23, 2013
Critics accuse Chinese authorities of overemphasizing more politically convenient explanations for...
by Samuel Wade | Aug 6, 2013
Ars Technica’s Scott K. Johnson reports that the effects of retreating Himalayan glaciers on China’s rivers this century may be fairly limited, offering some rare respite from a stream of bad news about the...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 12, 2013
Scientists in China are working to save the world’s largest freshwater turtle, which is on the verge of extinction, with only four known to be alive. Once prevalent in the Yangtze River and other parts of China and...
by Natalie Ornell | Jun 9, 2013
The Sydney Morning Herald’s National Travel Editor Anthony Dennis describes his cruise from Chongqing to Shanghai, revealing what makes the Yangtze River attractive from his own perspective after the construction of the...
by Samuel Wade | May 18, 2013
At The Guardian, Jonathan Kaiman reports the approval by Chinese environmental officials of a proposed 314-meter-tall dam despite fears about its effects on the ecology of Sichuan’s Dadu River, an indirect tributary of the...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 11, 2013
Seawater desalination may offer a promising supplement to diversion of freshwater to China’s dry north-east, especially as severe droughts in the south place the latter’s basic logic in question. Critics argue,...
by Samuel Wade | Feb 3, 2013
“Shocking” news emerged last month of Chinese plans to resume hydropower exploitation of the Nu (Salween), Lancang (Mekong) and Jinsha rivers. At The Hindu, Ananth Krishnan reported that three new dams have also been...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 25, 2013
China’s State Council has announced plans to resume hydropower development on the Nu (Salween), Lancang (Mekong) and Jinsha (a tributary of the Yangtze) rivers. Outgoing premier Wen Jiabao had repeatedly intervened to...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 18, 2013
At China Real Time Report, Tom Orlik discusses urbanization, hukou reform, land ownership, urban sustainability and the price of heroin in Chongqing with Tom Miller, author of China’s Urban Billion. We’re hearing a lot...
by Anne Henochowicz | Nov 19, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...