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Myitsone Dam Roundup

The Irrawaddy by The Irrawaddy
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Myanmar people living in Malaysia display placards protesting against the Myitsone Dam project outside the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 22, 2011. / Reuters

Myanmar people living in Malaysia display placards protesting against the Myitsone Dam project outside the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 22, 2011. / Reuters

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The controversy over whether to resume work on the Beijing-backed Myitsone Dam has intensified since China’s ambassador to Myanmar attempted to pressure Kachin political and religious leaders to support the project late last year. But the people of Myanmar are still in the dark on their government’s plans for the dam—construction of which was suspended in 2011 by the previous government following a nationwide public outcry—as their leader, State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has been silent on the issue. The public is concerned that the US$3.6-billion (5.4 trillion kyats) project will destroy the country’s lifeline Irrawaddy River and disrupt its water flow downstream, and are worried about the project’s potential to flood an area the size of Singapore, destroy livelihoods and displace more than 10,000 people. Currently, anti-dam sentiment is running high in the country, with prominent environmentalists, academics, writers and artists rolling up their sleeves to save the Irrawaddy by saying no to the dam. At the same time, people are interested to see what the State Counselor will say on the issue when she meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week.

The Irrawaddy has been covering the Myitsone Dam issue since the late 2000s. Here we present some of our recent stories dating back to January of this year, when the dam issue was put back on the table by the Chinese side.

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