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Envoys refute China’s water hegemony on Mekong River with in-person visits
Hu Yuwei in Yunnan Published: May 10, 2021 06:13 PM
In Southwest China s Yunnan Province, the reservoir of Jinghong Hydropower Station sparkled with green waves merging with the blue sky of late April when diplomats from the Mekong countries paid a visit. This gave them a complete new perception of the role of the Chinese-built dams on the Lancang River, upstream of the Mekong River that links six riparian countries.
The Jinghong and Nuozhadu hydropower stations, built on the Lancang River, were once the target of suspicion and attacks by Western media and some political forces portraying them as a gateway for China s water hegemony on the Mekong River through the control of the waterway with the dams.