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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China and India’s Disputes Spill Over Into Their Water Supply
May 23rd, 2018
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at growing water tension between China and India: Highlights Despite the size and importance of the massive interconnected river system China and India share (along with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh), no integrated structure exists for its management, and the bilateral agreements that govern it are far from sufficient. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China Resumes Sharing Brahmaputra Data with India
May 17th, 2018
Via Third Pole, an update on the water data sharing between China and India which had stopped in 2017 after the border standoff between the two countries over Doklam: China has resumed providing water flow data on the Siang to India on May 15, according to officials in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development […]
Read more »Kabul Residents Chase Receding Groundwater
May 17th, 2018
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on Kabul’s water challenge: Years of conflict coupled with an arid landscape have left residents of Kabul, Afghanistan, facing immense water shortages. The capital city, which lies in the Kabul River Basin, is no stranger to water scarcity. Between the 1960s and early 2000s, groundwater levels fell by 6-7 […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Re-evalauting China’s Water Crisis
May 17th, 2018
Via China Dialogue, a look at China and an assessment that water availability is not threatening north China’s development: Recent analysis suggests that China’s economic security is imperilled by water shortages and that a crisis is looming. Indeed, a water crisis often seems to lurk just around the corner, particularly for Beijing. There are certainly serious issues […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Will Policy Changes Help China Avoid A Water Crisis?
May 17th, 2018
Via China Dialogue, commentary on China’s efforts to resolve its looming water crisis: Over the last 40 years the Chinese Communist Party has shown itself flexible in meeting the challenges of reforming a once sclerotic system. It has successfully “muddled through”. But some problems do not lend themselves to muddling through: you can print money, […]
Read more »Egypt Hails ‘Breakthrough’ In Nile Dam Talks
May 17th, 2018
Via Terra Daily, a bit of upbeat news on a potential ‘breakthrough’ in Nile dam talks: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that a “breakthrough” had been reached in talks with Sudan and Ethiopia over a controversial dam the latter is building on the Nile. The progress, which he did not specify, took place […]
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