中国的全球角色

最初发表于第一财经日报 "我有一张中国工商银行(ICBC)的储蓄卡。我当然不希望看到卡里的钱被用在破坏生态环境上。"高举着一张储蓄卡，白好德 (Peter Bosshard,Ph.D.)略有些激动地说。白好德是环保组织国际河流组织的政策主管。 近日有消息称，中国工商银行已经同意为埃塞俄比亚的吉贝三级大坝项目提供约4亿美元的贷款。一些环保组织认为这一项目将给当地生态环境造成影响，白好德所在的国际河流组织就是其中之一。 6月26日，中国工商银�

From June 2010 World Rivers Review In 1999, a Sudanese government delegation traveled around the world to raise funds for the planned Merowe Dam on the Nile. It returned home empty-handed. Export credit agencies from France, Canada and other countries turned the project down because of serious concerns over its human rights impacts. Their caution was a sign of the times. Throughout the 1990s, funding for large dams dwindled over environmental and human rights concerns. The temporary camp for Merowe Dam affected people. A rude awakening soon followed. Chinese companies gained the know-how

China counts half of the world’s large dams within its borders, and is the biggest producer of hydropower. Throughout the 20th century, Western companies helped China build up its hydropower capacity. Yet in the huge Ertan and Three Gorges projects of the 1990s, China changed the rules of the game. Companies interested in the multi-billion dollar contracts had to manufacture half the turbines and generators on Chinese soil, in cooperation with Chinese partners. The leading hydropower firms of the time - including ABB, Alstom, General Electric and Siemens - complied, and transferred their

Originally published in the South China Morning Post It may have helped build the monumental Three Gorges Dam, but Sinohydro Group's attempt to engineer a successful A-share listing is proving an equally tough task. The engineering giant hopes the initial public offering in Shanghai - that could be one of the biggest share sales in the world - will establish it as a global brand. But holding back those ambitions is international criticism of its environmental and safety record as well as serious management problems. Its parent firm - where President Hu Jintao worked in the 1960s and 1970s -