Mekong

Features
IPDForumMarch 6, 2024
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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
IPDForumDecember 12, 2023
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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
IPDForumDecember 16, 2022
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Resource Wars

How China Weaponizes Water
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