Positive news but it would be even better if they would scrap their destructive plans to damn the Mekong. That project will have negative consequences for other countries below China, all of whom rely on the mighty river.
China's environment ministry has suspended construction of two ambitious hydropower dams in the upper Yangtze River region, saying the projects were illegal because they were started without necessary environmental assessments.
The announcement, carried widely in state media Friday, is an unusually aggressive move by the ministry, whose local bureaus answer to local governments, despite it being upgraded to a full ministry last year.
