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China-Backed Hydro Dam Upsets Burma Locals
In September, Burma's reform-minded President Thein Sein appeared to heed environmental concerns and suspended construction of a controversial China-backed hydropower dam in northern Kachin state. But the Myitsone dam project has not been cancelled and locals worry what will happen if construction resumes.
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U Jang Hkam (right) and family in Aung Myin Thar relocation village near Myitsone Dam Project, Myitsone, Burma, March 31, 2012. (VOA - D. Schearf)
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Riverside restaurants and tourist boats at Myitsone where Irrawaddy river begins, Kachin State, Burma, March 31, 2012. (VOA - D. Schearf)
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Riverside restaurants and boat tours at Myitsone where the Mali Hka and Mai Hka rivers form the Irawaddy River, March 31, 2012. (VOA - D. Schearf)
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Buddhist Temple Pagoda at Myitsone, Burma, in Kachin State would be half submerged in water if hydropower dam project resumes, March 31, 2012. (VOA - D. Schearf)