One Hundred Years of Devastation
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cpc-centenary-dam-building-baihetan-by-brahma-chellaney-2021-06
The Communist Party of China's 1951 annexation of the water-rich Tibetan Plateau – the starting point of Asia’s ten major river systems – gave China tremendous power over Asia’s water map. In the ensuing decades, the country has made the most of this riparian advantage, but at an enormous social and environmental cost.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cpc-centenary-dam-building-baihetan-by-brahma-chellaney-2021-06
The Communist Party of China's 1951 annexation of the water-rich Tibetan Plateau – the starting point of Asia’s ten major river systems – gave China tremendous power over Asia’s water map. In the ensuing decades, the country has made the most of this riparian advantage, but at an enormous social and environmental cost.