{"id":41274,"date":"2009-06-25T11:49:53","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T18:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=41274"},"modified":"2009-06-25T11:49:53","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T18:49:53","slug":"china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/","title":{"rendered":"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews\/idUSPEK24812620090625\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41276\" title=\"Jinsha River\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Jinsha River\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam.jpg 725w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>China&#8217;s environmental ministry has won its latest battle with influential state-owned power firms after forcing two of them to stop hydropower projects in the southwest province of Yunnan, an official said.<\/p>\n<p>Both Huaneng and Huadian &#8212; parents of the Hong Kong-listed Huaneng Power International (<span id=\"symbol_0902.HK_0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/overview?symbol=0902.HK\">0902.HK<\/a><\/span>)(<span id=\"symbol_600011.SS_1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/overview?symbol=600011.SS\">600011.SS<\/a><\/span>) and Huadian Power (<span id=\"symbol_1071.HK_2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/overview?symbol=1071.HK\">1071.HK<\/a><\/span>)(<span id=\"symbol_600027.SS_3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/overview?symbol=600027.SS\">600027.SS<\/a><\/span>) &#8212; have stopped construction after an order issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said Wan Bentai, chief engineer with the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The two firms began building the two massive hydropower facilities &#8212; known as the Ludila and Longkaikou and situated on the Jinsha river, an upstream tributary of the Yangtze &#8212; without conducting mandatory environmental impact assessments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We sent a taskforce to the area to conduct inspections and both projects have already stopped. It isn&#8217;t a problem now. All the workers have been withdrawn.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Reuters: China&#8217;s environmental ministry has won its latest battle with influential state-owned power firms after forcing two of them to stop hydropower projects in the southwest province of Yunnan, an official said. Both Huaneng and Huadian &#8212; parents of the Hong Kong-listed Huaneng Power International (0902.HK)(600011.SS) and Huadian Power (1071.HK)(600027.SS) &#8212; have stopped construction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,132],"tags":[530,532,110],"class_list":["post-41274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-environmental-crisis","tag-dams","tag-environmental-activism","tag-yunnan","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Reuters: China&#8217;s environmental ministry has won its latest battle with influential state-owned power firms after forcing two of them to stop hydropower projects in the southwest province of Yunnan, an official said. Both Huaneng and Huadian &#8212; parents of the Hong Kong-listed Huaneng Power International (0902.HK)(600011.SS) and Huadian Power (1071.HK)(600027.SS) &#8212; have stopped construction [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jenny Leung\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jenny Leung\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jenny Leung\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/670aacadcc140925b375dd09cd3f84a5\"},\"headline\":\"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"dams\",\"environmental activism\",\"Yunnan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Economy\",\"Environment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/\",\"name\":\"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam.jpg\",\"width\":\"725\",\"height\":\"482\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/670aacadcc140925b375dd09cd3f84a5\",\"name\":\"Jenny Leung\",\"description\":\"Jenny Leung is a graduate student in the Group in Asian Studies at University of California, Berkeley.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/jleung\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted","og_description":"From Reuters: China&#8217;s environmental ministry has won its latest battle with influential state-owned power firms after forcing two of them to stop hydropower projects in the southwest province of Yunnan, an official said. Both Huaneng and Huadian &#8212; parents of the Hong Kong-listed Huaneng Power International (0902.HK)(600011.SS) and Huadian Power (1071.HK)(600027.SS) &#8212; have stopped construction [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Jenny Leung","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jenny Leung","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/"},"author":{"name":"Jenny Leung","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/670aacadcc140925b375dd09cd3f84a5"},"headline":"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted","datePublished":"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00","dateModified":"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/"},"wordCount":145,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg","keywords":["dams","environmental activism","Yunnan"],"articleSection":["Economy","Environment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/","name":"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam-300x199.jpg","datePublished":"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00","dateModified":"2009-06-25T18:49:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dam.jpg","width":"725","height":"482"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/china-says-construction-at-yunnan-dam-halted\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China Says Construction at Yunnan Dam Halted"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/670aacadcc140925b375dd09cd3f84a5","name":"Jenny Leung","description":"Jenny Leung is a graduate student in the Group in Asian Studies at University of California, Berkeley.","sameAs":["http:\/\/"],"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/jleung\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}