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The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Elephant: Moving Towards Trust?
April 26th, 2010
Via India’s Economic Times, Indian media have recently been running a story that China has “admitted” that it is building a dam (Zangmu) project on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River). As the article notes: “…After several years of denying the existence of any river project on the Brahmaputra, China has finally admitted to India that […]
Read more »Mekong Water Politics: Four + Two = Problems
April 4th, 2010
Courtesy of The San Francisco Chronicle, Dr. Peter Gleick weighs in on the coming crisis over the Mekong due to unconstrained development, natural droughts, and climate change. As he notes, much of the problem can be distilled down to the fact that while six nations share the watershed of the Mekong — China, Myanmar, Cambodia, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Working To Defuse Mekong Water Tensions
April 3rd, 2010
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), some additional analysis on the recent Mekong River summit to discuss the health of the Mekong River and the possibility that China may have to do more to ease these water tensions in order to prevent other international players from undermining its influence in the region. As the article notes: […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Mekong Enemies In Times Of Low Flow
April 2nd, 2010
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the increasing tensions between China and the other nations — Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam —that share the Mekong River downstream. As the article notes: “…In southern China, the worst drought in at least 50 years has dried up farmers’ fields and left tens of […]
Read more »China’s Dam Ambitions
April 2nd, 2010
Via International Rivers, a revised opinion on Chinese dam builders and financiers from Peter Brosshard. As the article notes: “…A few years ago, Chinese dam builders and financiers appeared on the global hydropower market with a bang. China Exim Bank and companies such as Sinohydro started to take on large, destructive projects in countries like […]
Read more »Reduced Mekong Flow = Increased Regional Concerns
March 31st, 2010
Via The Asia Foundation, a report examining the impact that the Mekong River – the longest in Southeast Asia and at its lowest reported water level in 20 years – is having upon Laos. As the article notes: “…The river runs through six countries – China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam – but the […]
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