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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Great Dam Boom
November 5th, 2013
Via Yale’s e360, a detailed look at China’s push to build hydroelectric dams on a scale unprecedented in human history which – while being touted for producing lower-emission electricity – these massive dam projects are wreaking havoc on river systems across China and Southeast Asia: In their search for renewable electric power, China’s engineers have been […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: Scepticism Flows Over Recent River Agreement
October 29th, 2013
Courtesy of The Third Pole.net, commentary on why a new agreement between China and India on transboundary rivers will not improve transparency and could open the floodgates for more dam building in the Himalayas: India and China’s much-publicised agreement last week claims to strengthen cooperation on shared rivers, supposedly allaying Indian fears over new dams. Under the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: India, China Ink Key Accord On River Information
October 25th, 2013
Via Peak Water, an update on Indian – Chinese water relations: “The Memorandum of Understanding on trans-border rivers was inked after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the Great Hall of the People here. According to sources, the agreement is a “major diplomatic achievement” as it is the first […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Mining In Tibet Threatens Asia’s Rivers
October 12th, 2013
Via the Third Pole, a look at the impact of mining in Tibet: In his new book, Spoiling Tibet: China and Resource Nationalism on the Roof of the World, Gabriel Lafitte analyses the extent and scale of China’s mineral exploitation in Tibet. Here he talks to The Third Pole about the global environmental significance of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: All Dried Up
October 11th, 2013
Via The Economist, an interesting article on how northern China is running out of water, but the government’s remedies may potentially be disastrous: CHINA endures choking smog, mass destruction of habitats and food poisoned with heavy metals. But ask an environmentalist what is the country’s biggest problem, and the answer is always the same. “Water […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: India ‘Pressuring’ China On Brahmaputra
October 10th, 2013
Via The Hindu, an interesting look at India / China water tensions: Li Zhifei, a scholar at the National Institute of International Strategy of the influential Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, wrote in a commentary on Tuesday in the Global Times, a tabloid published by the People’s Daily known for its hawkish views, that India […]
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