Salween River

21 Aug 2011

Father Yao Fei fills our glasses with his home-made red wine, which has matured for 12 months in a family size Sprite bottle. I wish the priest good health and take a cautious sip.

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Yunnan party boss hints gorge dam may be scrapped

8 Mar 2008

A top Yunnan official has strongly hinted that a controversial plan to dam the world-famous Tiger Leaping Gorge may be scrapped, citing strong public opposition and environmental concerns.

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Rumours of dam-building leave villagers fearing for their future

25 Feb 2008

In the warm glow of the winter sun, the Nu River appears calm at Chihengdi village in northwestern Yunnan province .

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Academics, green activists press Beijing to release key report on Nu River dam

24 Feb 2008

Mainland environmental groups and activists have renewed their appeal to the central government to come clean on the controversial damming of the Nu River in Yunnan .

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Project to dam the Nu River set to move ahead

17 Feb 2008

The plan to dam the Nu River, the longest undammed river in Southeast Asia, is poised to move ahead in Yunnan province after final preparations began on Wednesday amid strong public opposition....

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Beijing must protect world heritage listings

27 Jun 2007

The annual sessions of the UN's World Heritage Committee are keenly watched by governments. If sites they have submitted for inclusion on the World Heritage List are selected, substantial rewards...

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Controversial dam project put on hold

The Yunnan government has confirmed that the controversial Nu River hydroelectric dam project will be put on hold again to ease mounting environmental concerns, notably from Unesco, over the...

8:33AM

Farmers removed while dams await approval

Rows of newly built terraced houses stand on the eastern bank of the Nu River at Liuku township in Yunnan , but farmer He Xuewen looks disheartened.

2:29AM

Nu River dam put on hold until after reshuffle next year

Beijing will put the controversial Nu River dam project in Yunnan on hold at least until after the government reshuffle next year, Water Resources Minister Wang Shucheng said.

The...

8:37PM

UN calls for new report over dams at heritage site

Unesco has repeated its grave concerns over proposed dams in Yunnan , which the international cultural body fears will jeopardise a world heritage site.

11:41PM

Decision on contentious dam project for Nu River on hold

Beijing has yet to decide whether to build controversial dams on the Nu River, and large-scale changes are expected to be made to the hydroelectric project in Yunnan province, according to State...

7:41PM

Damming up the flow of information

Controversy has swirled around a proposal to build a series of hydroelectric dams on the Nu River - one of the last free-flowing waterways in China. Decisions made by central government...

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