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The Thirsty Dragon: Quenching Beijing’s Thirst May Stunt Regional Growth
September 10th, 2014
Via Reuters, an article on the progress of China’s South-North water transfer project: Workers install a pipeline at a construction site as part of China’s South-North Water Diversion Project, which aims to relieve the country’s drought-ridden north by diverting water from the southern and central part of the country, in Cangzhou, Hebei province, May 4, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Avoiding Hydro Wars
August 13th, 2014
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a look at concerns building over China’s transboundary hydropower expansion: Highlights -China’s hydro can power the whole of India by the end of 2015 but only 6.5% of this is from transboundary rivers -Hydro is expected to be 500GW by 2050; 30% of this will be from Mekong, Salween […]
Read more »Three International Water Conflicts To Watch
August 11th, 2014
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at three regions where water conflicts have the potential for boiling over: China-India: The Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra River is a 2,900 km river that originates in Tibet and flows through India’s Arunachal Pradesh state before merging with the Ganges and draining into the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. It […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Innovation In Water Rights Leads To Real Water Savings In China
August 10th, 2014
Via The World Bank, a look at an innovative water rights based system being piloted in China that may help save water: China’s most arid regions are facing an increasingly serious water crisis, and local water policies often aggravate the problem. In such climates, growth in the agricultural sector has come with high environmental costs. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Importing Food So It Can Dedicate Scarce Water To Other Uses
July 29th, 2014
Via Reuters, a report on China’s plans to import food so that it can redirect use of its declining water reserves towards other uses: China should boost imports of food so it can dedicate more of its scarce water supplies to energy production, especially in arid but coal-rich regions like Xinjiang and Ningxia, a senior […]
Read more »Tibet And 21st Century Water Wars
July 27th, 2014
Courtesy of The Globalist, an examination of how the Tibetan Plateau may determine the course of Asia’s future: The crucial global role that Asia will play in the 21st century cannot be underestimated. The pivot of global economic power is shifting east. Asia represents the new arena for analysis, power and influence. The narrative of […]
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