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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China and India’s Disputes Spill Over Into Their Water Supply
May 23rd, 2018
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at growing water tension between China and India: Highlights Despite the size and importance of the massive interconnected river system China and India share (along with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh), no integrated structure exists for its management, and the bilateral agreements that govern it are far from sufficient. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China Resumes Sharing Brahmaputra Data with India
May 17th, 2018
Via Third Pole, an update on the water data sharing between China and India which had stopped in 2017 after the border standoff between the two countries over Doklam: China has resumed providing water flow data on the Siang to India on May 15, according to officials in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Re-evalauting China’s Water Crisis
May 17th, 2018
Via China Dialogue, a look at China and an assessment that water availability is not threatening north China’s development: Recent analysis suggests that China’s economic security is imperilled by water shortages and that a crisis is looming. Indeed, a water crisis often seems to lurk just around the corner, particularly for Beijing. There are certainly serious issues […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Will Policy Changes Help China Avoid A Water Crisis?
May 17th, 2018
Via China Dialogue, commentary on China’s efforts to resolve its looming water crisis: Over the last 40 years the Chinese Communist Party has shown itself flexible in meeting the challenges of reforming a once sclerotic system. It has successfully “muddled through”. But some problems do not lend themselves to muddling through: you can print money, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Acute Water Shortage Imperils Economic Future
May 14th, 2018
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on China’s water stress: The bestiary beloved of China commentators and economists needs an addition to its black swans, grey rhinos, white elephants and the ‘tigers and flies’ targeted in the corruption war. Welcome to the Camel Economy, one that must adjust very rapidly to water scarcity. A […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The South-to-North Water Diversion Project – A Massive Diversion?
April 22nd, 2018
Via The Economist, interesting commentary on China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project: FOR the past drought-stricken year, most of the drinking water consumed in Beijing has travelled 1,432km (895 miles), roughly the distance from New York to Orlando, Florida. Its journey begins in a remote and hilly part of central China at the Danjiangkou reservoir, on the […]
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