The Mekong River carves a vast aquatic lifeline through Asia. Rising in glacial streams high in the Tibetan plateau, the river morphs as it tumbles south through rocky ravines, steep-sided valleys and expansive flooded forests to the South China Sea. Its influence is immense: over its 4,350-kilometer (2,700-mile) course, the Mekong drains a basin spanning […]
The Mekong Dam Monitor program, funded in part by the US State Department, was rebuked and debunked again for orchestrating the theory of Chinese dams posing so-called threats to the Lancang-Mekong region. This time, the criticism comes from the Global Critical Research Center, a US-based nonprofit organization.
The Lancang-Mekong River is an important water resource shared by Asian countries, which also makes it the target of geopolitical competition among countries
The Lancang-Mekong River is an important water resource shared by Asian countries, which also makes it the target of geopolitical competition among countries