| Abstract | This 2002 Fact Sheet describes China’s plans to dam the Mekong River and the expected impacts to millions of people living downstream. |
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| Author | International Rivers Network, Factsheet: Briefing Paper 2, October 2003 |
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| Link | http://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/china-s-upper-mekong-dams-endanger-millions-downstream-2674 |
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| Abstract | The Upper Mekong Navigation Improvement Project, funded by the Chinese government, is part of a grand scheme to allow large ships to freely navigate from Simao, China to Luang Prabang in Laos. The first stage of the project would destroy 11 major rapids and 10 scattered reefs along a 331-kilometer section of the Mekong from the China-Burma border to Ban Houayxai in Laos. Two rapids have already been blasted along the Lao-Burma border. The second and third stages would involve further channelization of the river. This paper focuses on the impacts of the first stage of the project. |
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| Author | International Rivers Network, Factsheet: Briefing Paper 2, October 2002 |
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| Link | http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/attached-files/02.navfactshet.pdf |
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| Abstract | Known as the Salween River in Burma and Thailand, the Nu River stretches over 3,200 kilometers from its origins on the Tibetan Plateau to its delta at the Andaman Sea in Burma. It is the second longest river in Southeast Asia and is one of only two undammed rivers in China. Yet the Chinese government has plans to build up to 13 dams on one of China’s last free-flowing rivers. |
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| Author | International Rivers Network, Factsheet |
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| Link | http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/attached-files/nu_river_fact_sheet.pdf |
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| Abstract | The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest and most controversial hydropower project. The 660 kilometer-long reservoir displaced 1.3 million people and is wreaking havoc on the environment. The reservoir was scheduled to reach its final height in 2010, but many of its impacts are only now becoming apparent. China will deal with the project’s legacy for generations to come. As the project has been completed, International Rivers has published an updated factsheet which summarizes its legacy and recommendations for the future. It has also published a slideshow, Three Gorges Dam: Through the Lens of the Artist, which illustrates the impacts of the Three Gorges Dam through music, photography and painting. http://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/three-gorges-dam-through-the-lens-of-the-artist-3524 |
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| Author | International Rivers Network, Factsheet, February 27, 2012 |
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| Link | http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/attached-files/3gorgesfactsheet_feb2012_web.pdf |
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| Abstract | A short piece about pricing of coal and the conflicts between the coal companies and the government in this area. |
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| Author | New York Times, 2011 |
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| Link | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/business/energy-environment/25coal.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |
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| Abstract | A short piece about protests of communities affected by coal mining in Inner Mongolia. |
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| Author | CNN |
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| Link | http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-28/world/china.martial.law_1_coal-truck-mongolia-autonomous-region-protests?_s=PM:WORLD |
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| Author | Xinhua, May 2011 |
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| Link | http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-05/05/c_13860338.htm |
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| Abstract | a short piece about expansion of coal mines in Western China, as part of the 12th 5 Year Plan |
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| Author | China Daily, 2011 |
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| Link | http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2011-05/27/content_12594898.htm |
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| Author | Zhang Aling Shi Lin |
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| Link | http://oldsite.nautilus.org/archives/energy/eaef/C2_final.PDF |
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| Author | Wang Qingyi |
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| Link | http://oldsite.nautilus.org/archives/energy/eaef/C5_final.PDF |
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