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A fact from Myitsone Dam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 February 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know
- ... that the Myitsone Dam being built by the Burmese government and the China Power Investment Corporation is planned to provide 3,600 to 6,000 megawatts of electricity for Yunnan, China?
A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/February.

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The UK-based Kachin National Organization (KNO) is planning to protest the Myitsone Dam construction in front of the Burmese Embassies in the UK, Japan, Australia and USA on 5th February 2010.Marcus334 (talk) 05:53, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest

If any editor of this page has conflict of interest, may I remind that Wikipedia's acceptable use policy requires to declare it before contributing. Thanks.SWH^®^talk 06:45, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed changes

Hi – some key facts are missing from the intro that would push it more towards NPOV. I’ve suggested some changes and included references in templates (only for the changes, I haven’t included the references from the article). Could someone please review these and feedback either here or on my talk page? Please note that I have a conflict of interest – I work for Bell Pottinger and represent China Power Investment Corporation. See my user page. I will post on COIN. Thanks. Jthomlinson1 (talk) 14:40, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Paragraph 1

1. “…lit. the Confluence Dam) is a large dam and hydroelectric power development project on the Irawaddy River…” As its name suggests the project is located on the confluence of two rivers (see this from Reuters). Suggest the following:

…is a large dam and hydroelectric power development project at the confluence of the Mali and N’mai rivers and the source of the Irawaddy River (Ayeyawady River) in Burma (Myanmar).^[1]

2. “The dam …. is being built by Burmese government contractors (Asia World) and the China Power Investment Corporation (CPI).”

This doesn’t quite give the full picture. CPI, the Myanmar Government and Asia World are partners in the Upstream Ayeyawady Confluence Basin Hydropower Co (ACHC) and it is ACHC that is building the dam. See this from Burma New International:

CPI’s Burmese subsidiary ACHC is 80% owned by CPI, while Burma’s Ministry of Electric Power owns a 15% stake and Asia World—a firm controlled by the controversial tycoon Steven Law—owns the remaining 5% of ACHC.

Suggest the following:

The dam, planned to be 1,310 m (4,297.9 ft) long and 139.6 m (458.0 ft) high, is to be built by the Upstream Ayeyawady Confluence Basin Hydropower Company, a joint venture between the China Power Investment Corporation (CPI), the Burmese Government’s Ministry of Electric Power and the Asia World Company.^[2]

3. “It is expected to provide between 3,600 to 6,000 megawatts of electricity primarily for Yunnan, China.” – as the Reuters source also makes clear, the dam’s capacity will be 6,000 MW.

Paragraph 2

1. “The dam project has been controversial in Burma due to its enormous flooding area, environmental impacts, location on the Sagaing fault line…” – this from the NYT shows it’s actually 60 miles from the fault line. Suggest:

The dam project has been controversial in Burma due to its enormous flooding area, environmental impacts, location 60 miles from the Sagaing fault line…^[3]

2. “The Burmese public regards the Irrawaddy River as the birthplace of Burmese civilization and protests against although the Chinese market guarantees the dam’s electricity sales, to many Burmese, Myitsone represents growing Chinese influence in Burma, which they perceive as "exploitative" to the country hitherto isolated by Western economic sanctions.”

It should be included that the Chinese market guarantees the dam’s electricity sales – see this from Xinhua.

Suggest:

The Burmese public regards the Irrawaddy River as the birthplace of Burmese civilization and although the Chinese market guarantees the dam’s electricity sales, to many Burmese, Myitsone represents growing Chinese influence…”^[4]

^ "Factbox: Myanmar suspends controversial Myitsone Dam". Reuters. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "NGO working with Myitsone Dam firm to establish wildlife park in NDA-K area". Burma News International. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "MYITSONE JOURNAL; Dam Plan for Iconic Myanmar River Stirs Unheard-of Public Protests". New York Times. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
^ "Xinhua Insight: ASEAN-China Expo rekindles hopes for hydropower project". Xinhua. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

Firstly, thank you for declaring COI. Few users do. I personally have no problems with the suggested edits above. SWH^®^talk 02:28, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi SWH^®, thanks for getting back to me here and for your introduction on my talk page. I've updated these two paragraphs in line with the suggestions here in my sandbox. If you're okay with them would you mind pasting them across? Because of the COI I prefer that I don't do it directly. Thanks. Jthomlinson1 (talk) 18:54, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Factbox: Myanmar suspends controversial Myitsone Dam". Reuters. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[2] "NGO working with Myitsone Dam firm to establish wildlife park in NDA-K area". Burma News International. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[3] "MYITSONE JOURNAL; Dam Plan for Iconic Myanmar River Stirs Unheard-of Public Protests". New York Times. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[4] "Xinhua Insight: ASEAN-China Expo rekindles hopes for hydropower project". Xinhua. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

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