Fair Observer

Water Becomes a Weapon in China’s Geopolitical Chess

8 June 2020
Fair Observer
Disasters / Human demands and implications / Hydropower dams / The Mekong
China / COVID-19 / Lower Mekong countries

Many centuries ago, the great Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu observed: “The nature of water is such that it avoids heights and hastens to the lowlands. When a dam is broken, the water cascades with irresistible force. Now the shape of an army resembles water. Take ...

 Mayank Singh

Water Becomes a Weapon in China’s Geopolitical Chess

19 May 2020
Fair Observer
Drought / Hydropower dams / The Mekong / Water
China / COVID-19 / Lower Mekong countries

Modern China seems to have learned the ancient master’s lesson well. It has unleashed water wars on Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Even as China’s neighbors deal with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, they are experiencing their worst drought in living memory. The mighty Mekong ...

 Mayank Singh

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