送交者: xj 于 2005-12-27, 20:55:06:
回答: 致《纽约时报》的信（草稿） 由 方舟子 于 2005-12-27, 19:32:28:
基本照着原句子改，改了些时态，加了些 the, 第二段第一句话是个错误：
I was one of those scholars who "toured the Nu and attracted wide public attention by attacking the environmentalists" -- criticizing the "environmentalists" using lies and misinformation to mislead the public.
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Sir,
As a loyal reader of the New York Times since I came to the US in 1990, I often cite the Times as the standard of good journalism when I criticize bad journalism of Chinese media. However, I was disappointed to see such a biased and inaccurate report published by the Times (Rule by Law: Seeking a Public Voice on China's 'Angry River', by Jim Yardley, December 26, 2005). Much of its inaccuracy and misleading information had been corrected when I replied to Mr. Yardley questions by email in December 7, 2005 (see the enclosure). Unfortunately, he simply ignored my opinions. Writing as if none of the opponents of the so-called "environmentalists" answered his interview requests, and accepting rumors and lies spread by the "environmentalists" as facts, Mr. Yardley reported only one side of the story told by the "environmentalists".
I am one of those scholars who "toured the Nu and attracted wide public attention by attacking the environmentalists." This trip was not "sponsored by dam developers" as Mr. Yardley reported, but by the National Hydropower and Water Resources Planning and Design General Institute. This institute is in charge of the environmental assessment report of the Nu River Project that the "environmentalists" want to make public. Furthermore, the same institute also sponsored some "environmentalists" to visit the Nu River before our visit.
In contrast to Mr. Yardley's suggestion, the Nu River is not "one of only two free flowing rivers in China." There are two dams in the mainstream of Nu River: Biru Dam (completed in 1990) and Chalong Dam (completed in 1995). The controversial new dams will not be built in the World Heritage Site area, thus having little effect at the biodiversity of the Nu River region. In fact, the ecology and environment in the dam-planning area of the Nu River has been virtually destroyed because of over-exploitation (deforestation, farming, road building etc.) by local people who have been living there for hundreds of years. The dam project may help protect the environment in many ways such as stopping local people from burning trees for farming and providing sufficient fund to protect local ecology.