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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Stress Is on the Rise
January 10th, 2017
Via the World Resources Institute, a look at China’s water stress: Water stress levels in many parts of China are very high, due to low levels of water supply and very high levels of demand. And new research shows the situation is worsening. Using the baseline water stress metric developed for WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Water From South China To Reach More Beijingers By 2030
December 29th, 2016
Via China Daily, an update on China’s plan to bring even more water from south China to Beijing: Beijing will build a new water channel along its sixth ring road to deliver water from the Yangtze River basin to a larger population. Construction of the “underground sixth ring,” with designed water flow of 600 million […]
Read more »Hydropower In The Mekong: An Opportunity To Chart A New Course?
December 5th, 2016
Via Third Pole.net, a look at the potential for Laos to rethink its aggressive hydropower plans as new markets and technologies create an opportunity to change course: A report published in September by the Stimson Center, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, challenges prevailing notions about the future of hydropower in the Mekong subregion, an area including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, […]
Read more »A Water War in Asia?
November 27th, 2016
Via Project Syndicate, commentary from Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research on the potential for water tensions in Asia to boil over: Tensions over water are rising in Asia – and not only because of conflicting maritime claims. While territorial disputes, such as in the South China Sea, attract […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: 42m People In North, Central China Drink ‘Southern Water’
November 26th, 2016
Via China Daily, a report on China’s south-to-north water diversion project: About 6 billion cubic meters of water has been transferred to central and northern China as of Friday via the south-to-north water diversion project, benefiting 42 million people, officials said Friday. According to the project’s construction commission office in Beijing, tap water quality in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Myanmar Probes Controversial China-Backed Dam
November 14th, 2016
Via Terra Daily, a report on Myanmar’s ongoing probe into a controversial dam backed by China: Myanmar is probing whether to resume construction on a controversial Chinese-backed dam, state media reported Saturday, with promises to listen to fierce public opposition to the project. The fate of the $3.6 billion Myitsone dam in northern Kachin state […]
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