Photo of police in Xiamen last year (Flickr: Stas Kulesh)The struggle over dams in China's west has been brewing for years, fed by the kind of concerns that typically dog hydroelectric projects -- land grabs, relocations, corruption, environmental damage -- along with the less typical political and spiritual tensions surrounding Tibet. Earlier this week, the struggle got explosive, reports the Guardian.Six Tibetan women were shot by China security forces during a protest over a hydroelec...
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