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The Thirsty Dragon: Is China Weaponizing Water?
August 26th, 2017
Via National Interest, commentary on China’s strategic interest in water: Hidden in plain sight is an intimidating Chinese weapon that allows it to hold a quarter of the world’s population hostage without firing a single shot. While much attention has been given to the nation’s fearsome new military hardware, a formidable component in its arsenal […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Is China Waging A Water War On India Through Data?
August 21st, 2017
Via the Hindustan Times, a look at how Beijing is fashioning water into a political weapon by denying India flood-related hydrological data since May, even as major flooding has hit the region from Assam to Uttar Pradesh: Tibet, a treasure-trove of natural resources, including water and precious metals, is a great strategic asset for China in […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibet Pleads For China To “Fix the ‘Roof Of The World’ Before It’s Too Late”
August 7th, 2017
Via The Guardian, an opinion piece on how – as rising temperatures on the roof of the world make Tibet both a driver and amplifier of global warming – some observers feel that China’s mining and dam building needs to be reigned in: As Australia continues to battle a water crisis and the challenges facing the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Is China’s Hydropower Frenzy Drowning Sacred Mountains?
June 26th, 2017
Via Terra Daily, a report on the impact of China’s dam building on Tibet’s sacred mountains: Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below to build the country’s latest mega-dam. The colossal construction site in Sichuan province swallows three rivers, providing another display […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon Vs. The Parched Tiger: China-Pakistan Water Pincer Against India
May 16th, 2017
Via the Times of India, a look at how China has stepped up its challenge to India by signing an accord with Pakistan to fund and build two mega-dams in Gilgit-Baltistan, which the United Nations recognizes as a disputed region and part of Jammu and Kashmir: China, which is working to re-engineer the trans-boundary flows […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Tibet’s Waters for Xinjiang – Another Diversion of the Brahmaputra?
March 22nd, 2017
Via Claude Arpi, commentary on another potential plan for diverting the headwaters of the Yalung Tsangpo river: I often mentioned on this blog, the different ‘diversion’ schemes, whether of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) or the Indus River. Now, a new one has come to light. According to an official Chinese website, during the ‘Two Sessions’, […]
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