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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s First River Law Set To Push Green Transition
January 20th, 2020
Via Silk Road.earth, a report on China’s first river law: China has drafted its first-ever river law for its largest river, the Yangtze. After passing the first-round review at the National People’s Congress, the draft is currently under public consultation until 26 January 2020. This is one of China’s latest actions to tackle resource constraints and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Ponders Massive Canals To Link Yangtze and Pearl Rivers
January 18th, 2019
Via The Asia Times, a report on China’s consideration of two mega canal systems to connect two major rivers, a project that would dwarf Three Gorges Dam in terms of size and effort required: China is considering digging two mega canal systems to link the Yangtze River, which runs through central and eastern China, to […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Source of Mekong, Yellow and Yangtze Rivers Drying Up
March 10th, 2017
Via China Dialogue, a look at how the source of Mekong, Yellow and Yangtze rivers is drying up: A seasonal dry-out in Sanjiangyuan region, the location of the headwaters of the Yellow River, the Yangtze, and the Lancang. In 2015, the Chinese government announced plans to set up a new nature reserve in the Sanjiangyuan (“three river […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Water-nomic Trade-offs Along The Yangtze
June 17th, 2016
Courtesy of China Water Risk, an interesting report on the linkages between water use and allocation, as well as pollution control and economic development in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB): For centuries, the Yangtze River has been considered a ‘golden waterway’ for transporting goods between cities and villages along the river. Now, many of these […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: South-North Water Transfer ‘Not Sustainable’
February 26th, 2014
Via ChinaFile, an update on China’s South-North Water Transfer project which, one official said, would be rendered irrelevant if one-third of buildings in Beijing could collect more rainwater and recycle more wastewater: The bank of the Yangtze River in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, dried up in a drought that in 2011 forced authorities to halt […]
Read more »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 […]
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