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CHINA / SOCIETY Healing mother river By Lin Xiaoyi in Yichang and Lu Yameng in Beijing Published: Apr 14, 2021 07:13 PM A picturesque section of Yangtze river in Yichang, Central Chinas Hubei Province. Photo: VCGThe surface of the Yangtze, Chinas longest river, is still bustling, but the fishing boats have gradually disappeared. When the 10-year fishing ban began to be implemented along the Yangtze River, the "mother river" of the Chinese nation ushered in a historic opportunity for ecologi...

Chinas Yichang Invites Global Tourists News provided by Share this article Share this article YICHANG, China, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --  On April 12, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a special global promotion for Hubei Province, central China. Yichang, a world famous hydropower city and home to a number of ancient Chinese celebrities, made a stunning appearance in front of the world, according to the Publicity Department of Yichang Municipality. Yichang City Yichang is locat...

Chinas Plan For Mega Dam In Tibet Raises Concern In India The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the worlds longest and deepest canyon at an altitude of more than 4,900 feet. Updated: April 11, 2021 9:14 am IST The river, known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, is also home to 2 other projects far upstream. Beijing: China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by the ...

Chinas plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in India Toggle share menu Advertisement Chinas plans for Himalayan super dam stoke fears in India The structure will span the Brahmaputra River before the waterway leaves the Himalayas and flows into India, straddling the worlds longest and deepest canyon. (Photo: AFP) 11 Apr 2021 11:42AM Share this content Bookmark BEIJING: China is planning a mega dam in Tibet able to produce triple the electricity generated by ...

2021-04-10 14:36:05 GMT2021-04-10 22:36:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- A new book has been published on cultural-relic protection work associated with the Three Gorges project, a vast multi-functional water-control system on the Yangtze River, Chinas longest waterway. The new volume is the largest in a series dealing with the Cultural Relic Protection Project of the Three Gorges Project, which aims to save the most important relics that might otherwise have...

After their thrilling exploits in Matthew Reilly’s bestseller Seven Ancient Wonders, super-soldier Jack West and his loyal team of adventurers are back, and now they face an all-but impossible challenge. For a mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in the destruction of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope. If Jack’s team can find and rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the “Machine”, they might be ab...

Environment inspections to be broadened By HOU LIQIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-07 08:56 Share CLOSE Aerial photo taken on May 29, 2020 shows the view of Qutang Gorge, one of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, in Southwest Chinas Chongqing. [Photo/Xinhua] Officials serving in other departments to be part of teams for the first time For the first time, teams conducting central environmental inspection tours will include curre...

Claude Arpi | Hydro, rail projects in Tibet a threat to India Published Apr 6, 2021, 7:23 am IST Updated Apr 6, 2021, 7:23 am IST A series of nine hydropower plants in cascade will definitely threaten life across the whole of India’s Northeast region  The YarlungTsangpo, which becomes the Siang on entering Arunachal Pradesh and later the Brahmaputra in Assam (and the Meghna in Bangladesh) is one of the most eco-sensitive regions of the planet. (Representational image: AFP) Recent develo...

065a0aa3-c144-46a2-b01a-4eb3e1d3104a_df4d47f3 On July 1, the day China’s Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary, the country will also mark another milestone – when its newest hydropower plant is powered up for the first time. The 170 billion yuan (US$26 billion) Baihetan Dam on the Jinsha (Yangtze) River, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, has raised eyebrows for the speed of its construction. It took only four years to build the world’s largest arch dam, despite the tre...

Credit: Xianyan Chen The Three Gorges project, completed in 2009, is one of the worlds largest hydropower projects. It has brought important social and economic benefits in flood control, power generation, shipping and water resources redistribution. But how does such a large-scale water conservancy project affect the local climate, and is the response to climate change a relatively vulnerable one? The Three Gorges Project has been repeated questioned, especially whenever rainstorms, floods and...