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Monday, 20 May 2013 15:08 |
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China has reportedly approached Myanmar’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) to help push for the resumption of the Myitsone (confluence) dam project in Kachin state.
The approach was made during the 10-day visit of an NLD delegation to the People’s Republic of China at the invitation of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
Myanmar President Thein Sein announced the suspension of the project, which was being built on the Ayeyawady River near Tanphe village, about 7 kilometers downstream of the confluence, in September 2011.
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By: By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDY
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 13:21 |
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President Thein Sein’s surprise suspension of the Chinese-led hydroelectric dam on the Irrawaddy River at Myitsone in
northwestern Burma secured him widespread praise at home and abroad and seemingly dismayed China.
This was a project that would help solve power shortages in China’s Yunnan Province by generating up to 6,000 megawatts of
electricity to pump north across the border.
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Both Canada and the EU are easing sanctions slapped against Burma for human rights violations. Human rights groups say the moves may be premature.
Alexander F. Yuan / AP Photo
In this Jan. 29, 2013 photo, a dog waits while its owner sorts out laundry at a camp for displaced people in the town of Laiza, in Burma's Kachin-controlled region.
By: Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter, Published on Tue Apr 23 2013
Canada is easing some of the sanctions it slapped on Burma to protest its human rights violations. The European Union is preparing to lift all sanctions except for an arms embargo and “build a lasting partnership.”
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By: Grace Mang Katy Yan
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 13:31 |
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Companies pursuing dam projects on Myanmar's Salween River are failing to learn from painful past experiences
A Christian reverend concludes a ceremony on the banks of the Salween at the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams in March (Image by kesan.asia)
One month after the Chinese government lifted its ban on dams on the upper Salween River (known as the Nu in China), the Burmese government confirmed that it too will allow the construction of Chinese-backed hydropower projects along the lower Salween. |
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By: Kachin News Group
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013 13:24 |
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As conflict raged across Kachin state, a group of Chinese investors recently bought up large amounts of farmland in the Hukaung (Hugawng) Valley and other parts of the state in order to expand rubber and cassava plantations, a leading Kachin peace activist disclosed on Monday.
Much of the land that has been purchased across Kachin state in recent months was left idle by local farmers who were forced to flee because of fighting between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and government forces, according to a recent report in Weekly Eleven newspaper citing Kachin peace activist, Khun Jar. “When the refugees return to their homes they are unsure whether they can get their land back,” Khun Jar told Weekly Eleven.
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By: Nan Thoo Lei (KIC)
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Friday, 22 March 2013 12:14 |
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More than 100 villagers and Kachin based civil society groups held a prayer service to stop the Myit Sone Dam project on the Irrawaddy River and for displaced villagers to return home in Myitkyina, Kachin State last week.
Sha Khaung Tan Gon, a representative of the Kachin civil society groups and who participated in the prayer service held on International Day of Action for River on March 14, told Karen News.
“The residents and our civil society based organizations have gathered together to hold a prayer service to stop the [MyitSone] dam project and for those who were forced from their places to be able to go back and live in their homes.”
Sha Khaung Tan Gon says even though the Myit Sone projects has stopped for now, the China Power Investment Corporation’s (CPI) staff are still at the project location – residents are not able to move back into their villages.
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By: Irrawaddy
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Monday, 18 March 2013 10:00 |
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About 2,000 ethnic Karen gathered on the banks of the Salween River in Papun District in northern Karen State on
Friday to demand that the government abandons it plans to construct multiple hydropower dams on the river in eastern
Burma, environmental activists announced.
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By: Weekly Eleven
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Friday, 15 March 2013 10:50 |
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International Day of Action for Rivers was celebrated by the civic and religious groups organizing anti-dams gathering in Myitsone area in Northern Myanmar on Thursday, according to Kachin Development Networking Group (KNDG).KDNG and Christian groups organized the event “to oppose accelerated plans to build mega dams amidst continuing conflict in ethnic areas”, KDNG reported.
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