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China has expanded the economic safeguards for segments of its population affected by flood control schemes in times of ...
China has once again amazed the world with a megaproject of unparalleled ambition: the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the largest river reversal and water transfer scheme in human history.
China has introduced new rules expanding compensation and social protections for communities affected by flood diversion ...
China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, ... Designed with three routes, the project stretches across four of China's major river basins: the Yangtze, Huaihe, Yellow and Haihe.
China has fast-tracked plans to build a big hydropower station on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, as part of an extension for a controversial project to divert river water from the wetter ...
In the far southwest of China, plans to build massive reservoirs as part of hydroelectric dam projects have condemned dozens ...
BEIJING — Contrary to the Chinese adage, "distant water cannot quench present thirst", China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has proved that delivering distant water is not only ...
As droughts loom, China is planning ambitious new water infrastructure projects in hope that moving more of the precious liquid across the country will mitigate the impact of climate change - but ...
China has revised its flood management compensation rules, promising 70% central government funding to affected populations. Changes include livestock compensation for the first time, addressing ...
The Salween River, one of Asia’s last free-flowing rivers, supports Indigenous communities and biodiversity across China, Myanmar and Thailand, but faces threats from at least 20 proposed ...
Rescue workers are using rubber dinghies to evacuate people and deliver food and water after floodwaters overwhelmed towns in southern China’s Guangdong province.