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Will China’s mega dam in Tibet bring a water crisis to India? New study gives hint
China’s planned super dam will see water levels rise during dry seasons and control flooding during high-risk periods, data ...
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How China's dams pose threat to India's northeast
China's dam construction on the transboundary Lohit River poses a significant threat to India's Northeast. These dams, located near the border, raise concerns about water security and potential ...
What Made China Destroy 300 Dams And Pull The Plug On Its Own Hydropower Stations?
China has torn down 300 dams and decommissioned 342 hydropower stations along the Red River, a major Yangtze tributary ...
To protect Red River and ‘rare fish’, China destroys 300 dams, shuts down hydropower stations
The move affects the Chishui He, also known as the Red River, a 400-kilometre waterway flowing through Yunnan, Guizhou, and ...
Eye on Tibet’s resources, China strikes aggressive note on Dalai Lama’s succession
Beijing sees having power over the selection of the spiritual leader’s successor as an opportunity to stamp more authority on ...
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Fight for fish: 300 dams demolished in ‘world’s biggest’ river revival project
In a comprehensive ecological intervention, China has claimed to dismantle 300 dams and decommission more than 90 percent of ...
What to Know About the Rush for Rare Earth Metals in War-Torn Myanmar
In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...
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Southeast Asia Is Starting to Choose
YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the ...
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China mind-controls bees with ‘world’s lightest brain chip’ for spying, rescue ops
China's new 74-milligram device hooks right into the insect's brain to control their movements using electronic pulses.
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Across China: Yangtze sturgeon manage natural spawning, hatching after removal of hydropower dams
GUIYANG, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Yangtze sturgeon have managed successful natural spawning in China's Chishui River, a tributary of the country's longest waterway -- the Yangtze River, after the removal ...
For China, Dalai Lama Succession Also About Water Supply Control
As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, there's already tension over how the ...