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...James KyngeChinese state-owned companies have built bridges and dams in Mozambique, Uganda and Kenya....
...China has the advantage of capital, technology and construction capacity,” says Zhang Jun, the head of the China practice for Brazilian law firm Demarest....
...One Beijing-based money manager said the authorities were “putting all of their fingers in the dam”....
...Jun 28 2016 VW agrees to pay up to $15.3bn in US civil settlement 5....
...They have scored some victories, notably persuading the government to scale back plans to dam the beautiful and remote Nu River....
...“Controlling pollution is the most difficult aspect of China’s water policies,” says Xia Jun, director of the centre for water resources research at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences....
...economy — it now suits them to bring that dam down....
...Ma Jun, a well known environmental activist and water expert, says the government’s policies have been moving in the right direction, but have failed to curb growing demand....
...“It rings a big alarm bell when the Yangtze itself is facing drought,” says Ma Jun, an environmental activist and author of China’s Water Crisis....
...China Gezhouba, builder of the Three Gorges Dam, climbed 6.2 per cent to Rmb13.28 while Chongqing Three Gorges Water Conservancy jumped by its 10 per cent limit to Rmb14.29....
...Like the Three Gorges dam – the world’s largest hydroelectric project, built in the previous decade – the scheme is a legacy of Mr Hu’s predecessors....
...“We are hoping the lessons from the Three Gorges will convince authorities to allow a more open and balanced decision-making process when building new dams,” says Ma Jun, a prominent water-pollution activist...
...Zhu Jun, NFC’s office director, admits the logistics of translation can be a problem....
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