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Thomas Fuller, Dams and Development Mar Mekong Mystique. New York Times, Dec
. 18, 2009 (title in the
print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18mekong.html?scp=1&sq=mekong&st=cse
Quote:
The river "courses 3,032 miles through parts of China, Myanmar, Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
before emptying into the South China Sea * * * The Mekong has been spared
the pollution that blackens
many of Asia’s rivers
"China has built three hydroelectric dams on the Mekong (known as the
Lancang in Chinese) and is halfway
through a fourth at Xiaowan, in Yunnan Province, which when completed will
be the world’s tallest dam,
according to the United Nations Environment Program.
"[T]he dashed dreams of French colonizers to use the river as a southern
gateway to China are being partly
realized: After Chinese engineers dynamited a series of rapids and rocks in
the early part of this decade,
trade by riverboat between China and Thailand increased by close to 50
percent.
"Civic groups in Thailand say they are frustrated that China does not seem
to care how its dams affect the
lives of people downstream. Neither China nor military-ruled Myanmar, the
two northernmost countries
through which the river passes, are members of the Mekong River Commission,
freeing them from the
obligation to consult other countries on issues like building dams and
sharing water.
----------Separately
(1)
(a) Sharon LaFraniere, Censors Put Tighter Grip on Internet in China; Limits
on Setting and Viewing Sites.
New York Times, Dec. 18, 2009 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18china.html?scp=1&sq=censors%20china&st=cse
Excerpt in the window of the print: Hundreds of Web sites offering films,
television series and music are
shut down.
(b) 分析:中国收紧控制域名注册. BBC Chinese, Dec. 18, 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2009/12/091217_analysis_domain.shtml
(2) Eric Lipton, Questions on Security Mar Foreign Investments. New York Times,Dec. 18, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/18invest.html?scp=1&sq=china%20gold&st=cse
(Northwest Nonferrous International Investment Company 西北有色金属国际投资有限公司, a state-owned enterprise of China wants o buy a tiny Nevada gold-mining company. US balks.)
Quote: "Washington officials, however, are increasingly concerned about Chinese dominance in the global precious metals marketplace. The Nevada mines are also close to military installations
My comment: Both Professor Pan and China are admirable.
(4)
(a) David Barboza, American Engineer Detained for Year in China. New York
Times, Dec. 18, 2009 (title in
the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/global/18detain.html?
scp=1&sq=china%20barboza&st=cse
(Hu Zhicheng; "The print edition but not the online version of this report
states that Xue Feng has also been
detained for the same charge for as long)
(5) China Is Disputing Status of Uighurs in Cambodia. New York Times, Dec.
18, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/asia/18xinjiang.html?scp=1&sq=wong%20uighurs&st=cse
("The 22 Uighurs in Cambodia entered the country about a month ago with the
aid of an underground
network of Christian missionaries in China that usually helps North Koreans
reach nations where they can
seek refugee status.")
Excerpt in the window of the print: Possibly seeking the return of people
Beijing calls 'criminals.'
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