The Chinese gov has done their usual above-market compensation of people affected by plans

This is what I’m interested in. Do you have any sources on this?

Looking closer into this, I found some they said/but THEY said discourse going on in the UN. The UN claims that locals were not adequately warned or given democratic say in the dam's construction, but the Chinese UN office responded by saying that they did. Neither letter cites a source for their claims.

Here's an interesting paper on how China handles dam resettlement, especially since 2006 when it seems the government decided that their historical policies had been inadequate and changed how they did it. In specific they created a fund - established by an about 1% tax on electricity from hydroelectric dams - which was then used to make improvements for resettled rural communities (urban resettlers were left to the already-established urban welfare policies).

The PRS Plans involved both direct support and social investment. Cash payments of 600 Yuan per year (about 90 USD) were made to each resettled person for 20 years. The ICEDP was intended to focus on the long-term development of resettled and host communities. It aimed at: (1) improving irrigation for farmland production; (2) constructing infrastructure including communications, electricity, transport, and social welfare; (3) improving the ecological environment and increasing environment protection; (4) providing skills and career training; and (5) undertaking projects to enhance the profitable productive activities of all people in the resettled and host communities.

It sounds to me like other Chinese poverty-alleviation programs - a little cash (I don't know how far 90 USD goes in rural China but it doesn't seem like much) but mostly being focused on infrastructure improvements and connection to the national economy.

(I also saw a story in a state paper where a Tibetan talked about how great his two story government-issued house is, but it seems this story is talking about a different anti poverty program and the propaganda is a little heavy-handed.)