Patricia Adams for Probe International Monday, April 26, 2010 Violence erupts at Pubugou dam in China’s Sichuan province as authorities try to move people; homeowners threatened to blow themselves up if police move in to demolish homes. In a last ditch effort to fill the controversial Pubugou dam reservoir in China’s Sichuan province, armed police [...]
Beijing court rejects Three Gorges lawsuit filed by Ren Xinghui
Tang Yaoguo | Based on an article that appeared in Outlook Weekly (Liaowang xinwen zhoukan) Saturday, April 17, 2010 (Translated by Probe International), from Outlook Weekly, published April 12, 2010 His bid to obtain Three Gorges Fund information may have been thwarted but applicant Ren Xinghui vows to carry on. On October 12, 2009, Ren [...]
UK taxpayers foot the bill for PR campaigns by foreign aid groups, says UK economic development think-tank
Brady Yauch | Probe International Stimulus packages aside, the so-called “Great Recession” is forcing government leaders across the world to look for ways to cut back on the cost of public services. No sector, or service, will be spared they say. But Carl Mortishead, writing in The Times, reports there is one government office in [...]
The great Three Gorges turbine sell-off
Brady Yauch reports for Probe International and watches shares of the Yangtze Power Company – operator of The Three Gorges dam go through the roof… The lucrative, revenue-earning turbines are being sold off at a sweetheart price that doesn’t reflect the full costs of generating the power. While the power company will enjoy higher revenues, [...]
ANALYSIS: Beijing’s on-again off-again water crisis
Probe International 10/03/2008 Beijing’s water crisis is back in the news after a few months’ hiatus around the Olympic Games. In a post-Olympic about-face, China’s official news agency announced recently that Beijing was diverting “emergency water” from neighbouring Hebei province to ease what officials called the capital’s “grim water situation.” The water is flowing through [...]
