Still a moot point? Enviroment problems caused by the dam

Although officials said low water levels in the Yangtze were not linked to construction of the massive Three Gorges Dam, the increasing number of evidences imply that the destruction and pollution of ecosystem and environment are no longer a moot point. Accoeding to BBC(Jan 17, 2008), China is facing its worst drought in a decade, with water in parts of the Yangtze River at the lowest level in 142 years, state media has reported. Millions of people were short of water, and dozens of ships had run aground in the river since October, reports said.  

 

The Change of Attitudes: a Naxi girl’s environment campaign

“Because I’m Naxi, I have a strong sense of roots and belonging,”

Cun Yanfang, a member of the indigenous Naxi people from one of southwest China’s more remote villages, has garnered international attention for her ability to change local attitudes. Being a member of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and a graduate from Kent University in England, she is now traveling to Yunan Province and starting a campaign to save the region’s prized golden monkeys. (Christian Science Monitor, Nov/23/2007)

 

Thursday: Final homes razed for Three Gorgers dam or, damn

Before narrating anything about my hometown to you, I’d like to quote a line in the movie drama composed by Zhangke Jia, an avant-garde Chinese director who wins the golden lion for best film at the 63^rd Venezia Film Festival, saying : “An ancient town with one thousand years of history is now demolished in ten months. It will of course arose loads of problems” (Still Life, 2006)

 

The corruption scandal of PCI indicates: They don’t really care about us

10 years ago，a treaty dealing with the disposal of 100,000 gas bombs which were abandoned by Japanese invaders after the Second World War was issued by both Chinese and Japanese government. However, during all those years, Japanese government not only delayed bomb disposal time, but also let the Japanese businessmen be earmarked corruption while defusing bombs.