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Damming Asia’s watershed: China’s hydropower plans in Tibet
(August 4, 2006) After covering most of the rivers of southwestern China in dams and turbines, the big players in the industry - encouraged by the central government in Beijing - are now coveting...
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China: Tibetan water plans raise concerns
(August 9, 2006) China's gigantic water bureaucracy constantly needs to find new work to do and is now turning its attention to Tibet, says a Tibetan expert on natural resources. Continue reading →
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Hydropower projects speed up in Tibet
(February 28, 2011) Amanda Wu of China Tibet Online reports that Tibet is planning to spend $700 million on a new megadam project. Continue reading →
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China’s Great Dam a threat to millions in India
Mumbai: According to a high level meeting held at Beijing in January 2010, China has made plans to achieve leapfrogging development and lasting stability in the Tibet Autonomous Region in a bid to...
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Not enough water in China to divert northward – Chinese scientists
(July 18, 2011) In a remarkably candid piece, the Communist Party mouthpiece, Global Times, quotes critics saying there isn't enough water in China's rivers to divert north under the government's...
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China to build sixty new hydro projects in five years
An article by China Energy News Net reveals that China’s next Five-Year Plan will put huge emphasis on hydropower, with plans to build major projects on most of the large rivers originating in the...
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Geology expert Yang Yong on the challenges facing China’s most controversial...
(January 5, 2012) Yang Yong on the future of river management in China and the issues currently facing the country's more controversial dam projects. Continue reading →
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China dams on Brahmaputra pose huge ecological risk
The author of "Meltdown in Tibet" challenges China's claims its cascade dams planned for the trans-boundary Brahmaputra River pose no impacts for downstream communities. "These dams are just the start...
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China damming Lhasa River into artificial lakes
Beijing's Lhasa River Project comes under fire from high-profile Chinese geologist and environmentalist, Fan Xiao.
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Probe International has added its support to a letter signed by more than 60 MPs urging the Canadian government to take action against top Chinese officials in response to “human rights atrocities” […]
View ArticleFree Tibet to save South Asia
China touts its damming of Tibet’s rivers as a counter to climate change and denies its dam building foreshadows any untoward intentions. But military analysts in both India and China recognize the […]
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