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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Pristine environment may be taken over by Chinese hydroelectric dams under Hun Sen's watch

Children stand on a bridge across a river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Girls walk across stones in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People play in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. The sign reads, "Please keep the valley clean". To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
People play in the river in the Teuk Chu valley resort in Kamport province, 146 km (91 miles) west of Phnom Penh, March 24, 2008. In the last two years, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects as part of a $3 billion scheme to boost output from a measly 300 MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city. To match feature CAMBODIA-DAM/ REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea