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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Water Can Be A Medium Of Cooperation Between China And India
November 4th, 2014
Courtesy of the Foundation for Non Violent Alternatives, an article examining how water can be an important aspect in the broad cooperation fields between China and India: On 30 June 2014 a significant event took place for both China and India at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China. H.E. Mr. Ashok K. Kantha, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: South-North Water Transfer Project
November 4th, 2014
Courtesy of the Foundation for Non Violent Alternatives, an interview with Jianxin Mu – professor at Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Ministry of Water Resources, China and Yang Yong – independent geologist and director of the Hengduan Mountain Research Institute on the South-North Water Transfer Project: Soon the second leg of the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Water Over Energy Security In China
October 29th, 2014
Via China Water Risk, an interesting interview with Li Junfeng, one of China’s most prominent advocates of renewable energy, actively addressing the importance of water security in the public. He is currently the Director General of National Center of Climate Change Strategy Research and the former Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute at China’s […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Vast New Waterways Will Not Solve Shortages
September 28th, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at China’s South-North Water Diversion Project: SOON the centrepiece of one of China’s most spectacular engineering projects will be completed, with the opening of sluicegates into a canal stretching over 1,200km (750 miles) from the Yangzi river north to the capital, Beijing. The new channel is only part of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Water Release At Yunnan Dam Sparks SE Asian Alarm
September 18th, 2014
Via GoKunming, a report on how a water release at Yunnan dam is sparking SE Asian alarm: A huge hydroelectric facility in southern Yunnan is causing tension between China and several of its downstream Southeast Asian neighbors. The Jinghong dam (????), which stretches across the Mekong River, is currently discharging water in an effort to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Reduces Wheat Irrigation As Farming Depletes Groundwater
September 16th, 2014
As reported by Bloomberg, China is adopting measures that place water security over grain production for the first time: China is reducing crop irrigation in regions with water shortages as the world’s biggest grain consumer seeks to ease pressure on declining aquifers. Hebei province, the nation’s third-biggest wheat grower, will cut wheat irrigation by 760,000 […]
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