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CHENGDU, China – Nearly 400 dams were damaged by Monday’s earthquake in China, report the New York Times and CNN. “State media reported that 2,000 soldiers were sent to try to plug “very dangerous” cracks in one, upriver from the hard-hit Sichuan city of Dujiangyan, official media” told the Times. “The report on the damaged […]
eneration are occurring between Chinese police and young Tibetan protestors. The fierce fighting, which erupted in March, has produced casualties on both sides and prompted demonstrations around the world. Many analysts assert that the fighting is caused, at least in part, by fear that the Chinese government’s long-standing strategy to open Tibet’s vast reserves of copper, iron, lead, zinc, and other minerals will accelerate with the railroad’s development.
Pollution and global warming threaten Asia’s most important freshwater source.
BEIJING – China has ordered quality checks on barreled water around the country after polluted water made more than 200 people sick, newspapers said on Tuesday. The victims, all from the southwestern province of Guizhou, fell ill with hepatitis A in the last few weeks, the Beijing News said. Read More here. Source : Reuters
BEIJING – China has ordered quality checks on barreled water around the country after polluted water made more than 200 people sick, newspapers said on Tuesday. The victims, all from the southwestern province of Guizhou, fell ill with hepatitis A in the last few weeks, the Beijing News said. Read More here. Source : Reuters
BEIJING – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday it will join three Singaporean firms in investing in a new company that helps China develop water projects. The ADB will invest 4 million U.S. dollars in the newly-established Asia Infrastructure Project Development Company (AIPC), taking a 40 percent stake, said the ADB’s China office. […]
BEIJING – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday it will join three Singaporean firms in investing in a new company that helps China develop water projects. The ADB will invest 4 million U.S. dollars in the newly-established Asia Infrastructure Project Development Company (AIPC), taking a 40 percent stake, said the ADB’s China office. […]
BEIJING – Chinese laborers are busy building a canal to transport water to Beijing as part of the national effort to prepare for the Olympic Games, the Toronto Star reports. The central government wants Beijing green and gleaming come August, even if it means others may have to go without. A government slogan painted on […]
BEIJING – Chinese laborers are busy building a canal to transport water to Beijing as part of the national effort to prepare for the Olympic Games, the Toronto Star reports. The central government wants Beijing green and gleaming come August, even if it means others may have to go without. A government slogan painted on […]
In partnership with Hong Kong firm New World Services, the French utility group, Suez, is investing $214 million for a 15% share of the state-run Chongqing Water Group. The Chinese company supplies water to about 32 million people in the south west of the country. Read More here. Source : BBC
In partnership with Hong Kong firm New World Services, the French utility group, Suez, is investing $214 million for a 15% share of the state-run Chongqing Water Group. The Chinese company supplies water to about 32 million people in the south west of the country. Read More here. Source : BBC
CHIANG MAI – As the Bhumibol dam plans to release more water to meet the needs of Songkran revellers, farmers in Chiang Mai’s Doi Saket district are fighting over water to feed their drought-hit paddy fields. Tanarat Poommakasikorn, deputy director of the dam in Tak, said yesterday an extra five million cubic metres of water […]
