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The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: Why India And China Should Discuss Tibet
October 5th, 2012
Via First Post, an article on the issue of Tibet and the role water politics may play in upcoming discussions between India and China: The issue of Tibet should be “on the table†during talks between India and China, Tibetan political leader Lobsang Sangay said here Friday. “I believe Tibet should be on the table […]
Read more »Blocked Data Hampers Water Management Efforts In The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin
July 19th, 2012
Via Asia Pacific Memo, a report on the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basin: The discussion is widening on the thorny problem of sharing water and managing trans-boundary flows among the five countries in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basin. Data and information on land use changes, river bed and flow regime changes, and actual stages of construction […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibetan Rivers At Risk And The New Great Walls (Of Concrete)
December 1st, 2011
Via Meltdown in Tibet, some interesting comments and charts on hydropower development on the Tibetan Plateau: “The world is facing a massive freshwater crisis, which has the potential to be every bit as devastating as climate change. We need business leaders and governments to recognise that climate change is not the only urgent environmental issue […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Divided Waters In China
September 20th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, an interesting article on how some Chinese scientists are troubled by radical proposals to divert Tibet’s water. As the report notes: “…One of the boldest engineering concepts to emerge in China in recent years is a plan to “save†the country by transferring water from Tibet to the parched north. Among the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Mining Tibet, Drying Up Water?
September 5th, 2011
Via China Dialogue, an interesting article examining the impact that China’s hunt for natural resources in Tibet may have upon rivers in the region: China’s fast growth continues, largely financed by state investment and, until very recently, cheap finance from state-owned banks. Fast growth and massive infrastructure construction require heavy usage of metals, energy and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Chinese Water Torture Over Tibet?
June 18th, 2011
Via The NewStatesman, an interesting (albeit slightly dated from 2010) article on how – in a region fraught with mutual distrust – anxieties over water supply are raising tensions between India and China. As the article notes: Almost anything the Dalai Lama does can trigger protests from Beijing. But his November 2009 visit to the […]
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