Mekong

  • Features

    PRC Weaponizes Water

    Brahma Chellaney Water is the most precious of natural resources. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) dominates Asia’s water because of its control over the Tibetan plateau, which served as a buffer with India until the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Mao Zedong annexed it in the early 1950s. Since mid-2022, Beijing has raised security concerns by increasing efforts to…

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  • Climate

    PRC’s hydroelectric dams threaten Mekong River

    FORUM Staff The Mekong River stretches nearly 5,000 kilometers from the Tibetan plateau, winding through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and, ultimately, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. The river, the longest in Southeast Asia, carries nutrient-rich sediment essential to the livelihoods of those who rely on the waterway for agriculture and fisheries. But the river is drying up. In recent years, its water…

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  • Asymmetric Threats

    Resource Wars

    How China Weaponizes Water

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