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www.guardian.co.uk — Dozens of people in northern Burma have reportedly been killed in the clashes between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army. The bloody outbreak of fighting seems to have ended a 17-year ceasefire between Burmese government forces and a tribal militia. Reports say it was partly caused by the expansion of Chinese hydropower along the Irrawaddy river, conservationists claim.

www.bbc.co.uk — "Chinese soldiers have blown-up a stranded ship that was on a collision course with a hydro-electric dam in Sichuan province..." Interestingly, they used a rocket launcher as opposed to any explosives!

www.guardian.co.uk — Article from "The Guardian" about a mountain community fighting plans for a giant dam in the Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan. Dam is a "hot" issue in China right now, especially in Yunnan.
"The story of the Chezhou protest earlier this year is slowly spreading beyond this remote community and is now being told up and down the reaches of this spectacular gorge..."