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The Thirsty Dragon: China Opens Taps On Its Newest Water Diversion Project
January 30th, 2024
Via ECNS, an update on a giant project diverting water from the Xijiang River in the western part of the Pearl River to the cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan in Guangdong province: A giant project diverting water from the Xijiang River in the western part of the Pearl River to the cities of Shenzhen and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Satellite Images Show China’s Dam Threatening Neighbors’ Fresh Water Supply
January 26th, 2024
Via Newsweek, a report that a new Chinese dam may impact India’s and Nepal’s water supplies: China appears to have completed the construction of a new dam in the country’s southwestern border regions, a project that could have far-reaching strategic implications for its southern neighbors India and Nepal, according to new satellite imagery. Mapcha Tsangpo […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Water Security Crucial For Green China
January 22nd, 2024
Via China Daily, a look at China’s water security challenge: Water has had the greatest of impacts on China’s rulers and policymakers throughout history. Nearly half of the disasters in ancient China were related to water, and the rise and fall of dynasties were often linked to water availability and protection from floods. Extensive droughts […]
Read more »Is Balkhash Facing Fate of Aral Sea?
December 29th, 2023
Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a report on Lake Balkhash’s complex hydro future: Now Balkhash is a natural site. If a nuclear power plant is built on the lake, it will turn into an industrial pond. It will let China limit the Ili river flow feeding the lake, and the new load on […]
Read more »Key Climate Battle: Saving Himalayan Ice
December 19th, 2023
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at how – from Afghanistan to China – vanishing glaciers risk floods and drought for billions: Filmmaker and environmental activist Jamyang Jamtscho Wangchuk brought a bit of his beloved Himalayas to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai last week. Around 250 milliliters of it, to be precise. In a plastic […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Why Parts of China Are Sinking
November 11th, 2023
Via Caixin Global, a report on why parts of China are sinking due to excessive groundwater extraction: It wasn’t until this past June that most people in Tianjin realized that the northern Chinese port city was sinking. On May 31, fissures appeared on a road in Tianjin’s Jinnan district. Several residential buildings in the surrounding […]
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