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Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 17:38:43 -0500
From: ProbeInternational@nextcity.com (ProbeInternational)
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Subject: THREE GORGES PROBE: March 2, 2001

THREE GORGES PROBE
March 2, 2001

(1) China schedules progress of Three Gorges Project
(2) Chinese media picks up on TGP's lead

(1) China schedules progress of Three Gorges Project
Mar. 2, 2001 - According to a Xinhua news story reported
in China Daily Information, sources from China Yangtze
Three Gorges Project Development Co. announced that the
first group of two generators for the Three Gorges Project,
the world's largest hydro-electric project, will start operation
in October 2003.

With the latest timetable, the second group of two
generators will supply electricity two months later, and the
permanent ship lock will open to traffic in June the same
year, after all testing and adjustment work succeed.

Concrete pouring work on the dam body is scheduled to be
finished by 2002 and water will be stored behind the dam by
June 2003.

Xinhua reported that, "this year will be a crucial stage for
the Three Gorges project and all participants are required to
work even harder and give top priority to the project quality
by the central government."

According the a Three Gorges Project Development
Company source, the project has made smooth headway
since 1993 when it began.


(2) Chinese media picks up on TGP's lead
Feb. 17, 2001 - Taiwan's China Times and VIP Reference,
known as Dacankao, -- an online publication dedicated to
promoting Hong Kong's grass-roots democracy movement
and freedom of the press on its Web site
(http://www.bignews.org), which has received 3.5 million
visitors since May, 2000 -- have joined the growing list of
publications to highlight Three Gorges Probe's coverage of
leaked correspondence between China's leaders. The
controversial documents reveal growing official alarm over
the Three Gorges dam project and indicate that government
claims about the project could be false.

According to VIP Reference, internal documents, obtained
by Three Gorges Probe, show that some high-ranking
Chinese officials fear the project might fail and will not
fulfill government claims that it will control flooding in the
area and secure a market for its power. Costly pollution
problems as a result of the project are another major
concern.

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