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...Punjab. Evidence continues to mount that the problems are severe. Last month, a government-funded study revealed that chemical fertilizers and pesticides have seeped into the groundwater in four Punjab districts and are causing an alarming array of ecological and health problems including cancer and mental retardation. A June 2005 study by the new Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment found residues of between 6 and 13 pesticides in blood samples of villagers from Mahi Nangal, Jajjal and Balloh villages in Bhatinda district. Recent research by Punjabi University at Patiala established evidence of DNA damage among agricultural workers exposed...
...June 2003 a consortium led by China Huadian power company announced plans to build 13 dams along the main stem of the Nu. That prompted stiff opposition from international and domestic green groups. In April 2004, Premier Wen Jiabao put the plans on hold and ordered further assessment of the project. For China's nascent environmental movement, it was a rare and welcome success. Not only did the Nu win a reprieve, but the "scientific development" ideology of Wen and President Hu Jintao - which emphasizes sustainable development and social welfare - seem to mean that more light would shine...
...Those concerns were heightened in recent days when Beijing, citing the Sichuan earthquake, postponed a scheduled June 11 meeting between its representatives and those of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India. The meeting, set before the earthquake, would have marked the resumption of talks suspended in 2006, and thus was widely seen as an encouraging sign that rapprochement was possible...
...negotiations with the Dalai Lama, has gained an even stronger hand, the go-between says. He points out that the Dalai Lama has made enormous efforts to comply with Beijing's demands in an attempt to ensure that there is no excuse to sink the talks. In early June, for example, the Dalai Lama pointedly reaffirmed his conciliatory stance on issues the Chinese consider critical if the talks are to succeed. According to reports in the Beijing-leaning South China Morning Post, Chinese officials have received a document containing the Dalai Lama's statement of support for China's right...
...another attempt to publicly demonstrate goodwill, the entire government-in-exile led by the Dalai Lama participated in lengthy prayers for victims of the Sichuan earthquake on June 4. "The Dalai wants to be invited back, but he wants to walk back in, not crawl," says the go-between. "He is already in serious danger of losing control to the radicals. He has to have something to show the Tibetan people. He has bent over backward, but it's all up to Beijing now. There's no more...