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KNPP Troops Ambush Convoy Carrying Dam Technicians

Created: 2010-12-26 17:00:00

The irrawaddy
Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) troops ambushed a Burmese military convoy transporting technicians to a dam construction project on Friday afternoon, according to Khu Oo Reh, the join...
Myanmar, China Thailand agree to study for $10 billion hydropower project

Created: 2010-11-15 17:00:00

Bloomberg News
China, Myanmar and Thailand agreed to study a $10 billion hydropower project that would be Southeast Asia's largest by generation capacity, the Chinese government said.
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China Revives River Salween Dams Plan

Created: 2010-11-12 17:00:00

The Irrawaddy
The Chinese central government is reviving shelved plans to dam upper reaches of the River Salween before it flows into Burma.
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Field Survey for Hutgyi HPP Completed

Created: 2010-07-29 10:47:41

2010-03-15

From March 3 to 13, HydroChina ZhongNan Hutgyi PMO, SinoHydro International Engineering Co., Ltd....
DATANG SIGNED UP FOR A HYDROPOWER DAM ON THE SALWEEN

Created: 2010-07-16 04:08:45

Interest by PRC companies in building dams and generating stations along the Salween (Thanlwin) river in Burma continues to grow....
The threatened culture of China's Nu River

Created: 2010-06-25 06:08:48

Mitch Moxley glimpses an ethnic way of life that could be lost if a power consortium has its way and uses Yunnan's Nu River to produce electricity

CNN 25 June, 2010

China to build two more hydropower plants in Shan State

Created: 2010-06-01 07:15:13

Shan Herald Agency for News
The Burmese military junta has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese officials to build two more hydropower plants in Shan State North during the visit of Chinese Vice President Xi J...
Multilateral companies to implement hydropower project in Myanmar

Created: 2010-04-24 03:23:19

YANGON, Apr. 25, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Four companies will jointly implement a hydropower project originally agreed between the electric power authorities of Myanmar and Thailand four years ago, according to a state-run daily Sunday.
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The fight to keep Nu River flowing

Created: 2010-04-22 06:50:33

The Nu is one of only two major rivers in China yet to be dammed. But that may not last.
QIUNATONG, China — On a drizzling afternoon in this village in northwest Yunnan province, a Chinese New Year party is underway at He ...
China Starts Burma's Tasang Dam amid Drought Crisis in Yunnan

Created: 2010-03-27 10:11:01

The Irrawaddy
Chinese admissions about the extent of a severe drought in its southwest Yunnan Province bordering Burma coincide with an announcement that a Chinese-led consortium is beginning work a huge hydroelectric dam on the S...
China Consortium Starts Work On Myanmar Hydroelectric Project

Created: 2010-03-24 12:28:35

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Chinese state-owned enterprises have set up a consortium to build a $9 billion, 7.1-gigawatt hydropower station across Myanmar's Salween River, a Chinese government agency said on its Web site....
Environmentalists mark anti-dam day

Created: 2010-03-15 10:03:25

Shan Herald Agency for News
At a ceremony to “lengthen the life of the Salween”, hundreds of environmentalists and local villagers along the Salween from both Thailand and...
Govt urged to scrap Mekong dam plans

Created: 2010-03-15 04:22:52

Bangkok Post
People living along the Mekong River want the government to scrap its plans to build dams, to help safeguard the river from further exploitation.

"Experience and scientific evidence show there is no way to...

Dam Plans Open Gates to Tough Choices Ahead

Created: 2010-02-25 05:06:06

IPS

Controversial dam Hatgyi will go ahead

Created: 2010-02-16 04:11:33

THE NATION
By WATCHARAPONG THONGRUNG,
CHULARAT SAENGPASSA
The Energy Ministry will proceed with the construction of the Hatgyi dam and hydropower plant in Burma, despite a local requirement to enhance th...

Quality issues pose threat to Sinohydro's global ambitions

Created: 2010-02-11 02:37:59

South China Morning Post

It may have helped build the monumental Three Gorges Dam, but Sinohydro Group's attempt to engineer a successful A-share listing is proving an equally tough task.

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Thai-Burmese Border Camps Braced for New Refugee Flow

Created: 2010-02-08 03:12:00

The Irrawaddy(By ALEX ELLGEE)

MAE SARIANG, Thailand -- Saw Phad Klo spent a week trekking through the jungles of Burma's Karen State with his wife and children. Like many others who take similar journeys, they weren't sure wher...

Sinohydro gears up for mainland listing

Created: 2010-02-02 03:16:44

South China Morning Post

Sinohydro Corp, China's biggest dam builder, has set up a joint-stock subsidiary and said it plans to list it on the mainland in the near future.
The inauguration ceremony of the joint-stock compan...

Burma Threatens Thailand's stability: Bangkok Governor

Created: 2009-12-09 13:43:33

The Irrawaddy

BANGKOK—Speaking at a dinner talk on Tuesday night, city governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra said that Thailand's already-precarious stability faces an additional spoiler across the border in Burma.

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