1 | 'The problems mentioned in The Wall Street Journal should merit adequate attention from all of us, ' said Mr. Wang of the council's project committee, according to Xinhua's English-language release. | |
2 | Mr. Wang said the government had initially allocated $5.4 billion for resettlement, but added more last year, bringing the total to $7.2 billion. | |
3 | "We cannot relax our guard against ecological and environmental security problems brought on by the Three Gorges project, " Xinhua quoted Wang as saying. | |
4 | Mr. Wang said Premier Wen Jiabao had raised the issue of environmental problems during a cabinet meeting earlier this year. | |
5 | Now, Mr. Wang and others seem to be denying the problems are bigger than originally expected. |