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The Thirsty Dragon: The Geopolitics Of The Yangtze River
April 1st, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at the geopolitical implications of China’s move to transform the Yangtze River into a major internal economic corridor, in particular the geography and history of the Yangtze River region and its role in shaping Chinese politics and statecraft: As the competitive advantage of low-cost, export-oriented manufacturing in China’s […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Massive Water Problem (2)
March 31st, 2013
Courtesy China Digital Times, a look at China’s water problem: This week saw the release of China’s first national water report, covering “river conditions, water conservancy projects, water consumption, river development and management, and water and soil conservation in 2011″. While hailing the country’s “remarkable†(and internationally recognized) achievements in water conservancy, deputy water resources […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Massive Water Problem
March 31st, 2013
Via the New York Times, an op-ed on China’s water crisis: This month, a hundred years after the completion of the Panama Canal, China is expected to finish the first phase of its gigantic South-North Water Transfer Project, known in Chinese as Nanshui beidiao gongcheng — literally, “to divert southern water north.†The phrase evokes […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Utilities In Hot Water As Coal Plants Squeeze Water Supplies
March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of GigaOm, a report on China’s watergy crisis: There’s a looming water crisis coming for China’s water-hungry coal plants, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Roughly sixty percent of China’s power plants (most of them running on coal) are located in Northern China, but only 20 percent of the country’s […]
Read more »Tibetan Dams
March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of Tibetan Plateau, a updated map and list of hydropower projects (HPP) in the watersheds of the Drichu, Zachu and Gyalmo Ngulchu rivers: China’s government is planning and preparing for the construction of a cascade of hydropower projects along each of the three rivers: the Salween, the Mekong and the Yangtze. Many of these […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China-Backed Dams Escalating Ethnic Tension In Myanmar
March 26th, 2013
Via China Dialogue, a look at the impact that China-backed dams are having in Myanmar: One month after the Chinese government lifted its ban on dams on the upper Salween River (known as the Nu in China), the Burmese government confirmed that it too will allow the construction of Chinese-backed hydropower projects along the lower […]
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