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China to construct second ship lock at Three Gorges Dam amid growing navigation crisis

Decades-old infrastructure strains under demand.  By Probe International and Three Gorges Probe The Three Gorges Dam’s existing five-tier ship lock system, operational since 2004 and hailed as the world’s largest and most complex, is faltering under surging Yangtze River traffic. Demand has pushed the aging infrastructure beyond its designed capacity, exposing critical strain on its […]

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The CCP weaponizes Nature to mislead scientific community

By Probe International The CCP Weaponizes Nature to Mislead Scientific Community By Probe International The once venerable Nature magazine appears to have become a shill for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  Leveraging the magazine’s academic prestige, a recent study published by the journal propagates the CCP’s misleading narrative about the benefits of China’s planned transboundary Yarlung Tsangpo […]

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Stop the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project

The Lower Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project will cause irreparable damage to a world heritage site and must be stopped immediately. By Probe International A transboundary mega-dam planned for the Lower Yarlung Tsangpo region threatens to wreak havoc on the world’s deepest and longest canyon—a rare and invaluable heritage site, and home to more than half […]

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A case of “extreme nationalism”

By Probe International China’s penchant for megadams is fueled by an extreme and dangerous nationalism in the relentless pursuit of global hydropower dominance for its own sake, according to a new report by the renowned German-based hydrology expert Wang Weiluo. In this richly detailed study of one of China’s greatest vanity projects—the Three Gorges Dam—Wang […]