China plans to build the world's largest dam. But what of India and Bangladesh downstream?
China recently approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world's largest power plant—by some ...
China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream?
The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.
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Chinese Gold Mining in Myanmar’s Shan State Blamed for Arsenic in Kok River
Rapacious mining operations pump water used for gold extraction straight back into the river without treatment, raising arsenic levels to 26 times the safe level in parts of Chiang Mai.
This week in PostMag: China’s salt capital and a cruise on the mighty Mekong River
Christopher St. Cavish talks China's 'salt capital', David Swanson leads us down a river cruise and Bibek Bhandari remembers 2000s-era Beijing I was scrolling through Instagram, as one does, when a ...
Cambodia’s history meets Vietnam modernity on Mekong cruise
A journey along the Mekong River aboard AmaDara, from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City, comes complete with reminders of the ...
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The Gorge Between China and India on Hydropolitics
Miscommunication and misunderstood geography are confounding discussions about China’s planned dams on the Yarlung Tsangpo ...