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DAM-L Corruption plagues Three Gorges resettlement (fwd)

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Subject: Corruption plagues Three Gorges resettlement

THREE GORGES PROBE, July 23, 2001

(1) Corruption impacts China's Three Gorges resettlement
(2) Many Chinese farmers oppose Three Gorges resettlement

(1) Corruption impacts China's Three Gorges resettlement
June 30, 2001 -- Probe International fellow Dai Qing says
it is never too late to stop construction of the Three Gorges
dam. Yet dam construction is proceeding on schedule as
Three Gorges migrants, without money or jobs, continue
to resist resettlement, reports VOA News. 

(2) Many Chinese farmers oppose Three Gorges resettlement
June 30, 2001 -- Of all the problems facing the Three
Gorges dam project, none has been more difficult than
resettlement, reports VOA News. This article also quotes
Probe International fellow, Dai Qing, who says, "each
person to be resettled should be entitled to about $4,800
from the government."  In reality, however, that amount
is closer to $1,000.  "And that money is still being
skimmed off at every level by corrupt officials," she says.

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