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New Hope for China’s Last Free-Flowing River
The Nu River in Ocrtober 2015. Li Xiao Long According to several Chinese news sources, the government of Yunnan Province...
The Nu River: China’s Biodiversity Epicenter
The Nu River, October 2015. Li Xiao Long What comes to mind when you think of the words “China” and...
Back to Blue: The Race to Salvage China’s Environment and Its Past
China’s economy is developing quickly – at great cost to the environment. But things are looking up now, as a...
No Longer Forgotten – Asia's Nu-Salween-Thanlwin River
The Salween River, near Hat Gyi Dam site in Karen statePhoto by International Rivers For many years, the transboundary Nu-Salween-Thanlwin...
China's Nu River Fact Sheet
Known as the Salween River in Burma and Thailand, the Nu River stretches over 3,200 kilometers from its origins on...
China Dam Project Slated for Nu River Quietly Passes Key Hurdle
Controversial efforts in China to construct a dam on the free-flowing Nu River recently got a quiet boost. In a...
China’s Hydropower Rush Could Devastate Rivers
From December 2013 World Rivers Review China’s rush to develop its hydropower is already leaving a trail of devastated fisheries...
Gathering Along the Upper Tigris River
I’m heading to the Tigris River next week with a bundle of recent news articles under my arm that sets...
Plans to Harness Chinese River’s Power Threaten a Region
The Nu River Valley. Photo: Green Watershed Originally published in The New York Times BINGZHONGLUO, China – From its crystalline beginnings...
China’s Domestic Dam Plans Draw Ire At Home and Abroad
From March 2013 World Rivers Review China’s State Council – the country’s ultimate decision-making body – announced its new Energy...