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Will China turn off Asia’s tap?
Posted By Brahma Chellaney on December 23, 2020 @ 11:00
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[1] building dams: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/interactive-mapping-chinas-dam-rush
[2] recently unveiled plan: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tibet-dam-12032020171138.html
[3] dominates: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/opinion/global/chinas-hydro-hegemony.html
[4] 18 downstream neighbours: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4278448/#b50
[5] drought: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/world/asia/china-mekong-drought.html
[6] security and environmental hotspot: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-dams-mekong-basin-exacerbate-drought-by-brahma-chellaney-2019-08
[7] threatens: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/12/18/commentary/world-commentary/asias-fight-fresh-water/
[8] dried up: https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yEOhFg5tGIcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Aral+Sea+ecological+disaster&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Aral%20Sea%20ecological%20disaster&f=false
[9] article: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-china-relations-and-geopolitics-water
[10] urged: http://niasindiainchina.in/2020-12-01/chinas-hydropower-development-worries-india-of-being-choked/
[11] integrated: https://www.reuters.com/article/china-hydropower-idAFL1N2IG0ES
[12] largest untapped: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Water_Peace_and_War/rP3bBgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Twice+as+deep+as+the+Grand+Canyon+in+the+United+States,+the+Brahmaputra+Canyon+(labeled+the+%E2%80%9CYarlung+Tsangpo+Great+Canyon%E2%80%9D+by+China)+holds+Asia%E2%80%99s+greatest+untapped+water+reserves,+making+it+a+powerful+magnet+for+Chinese+water+planners.&pg=PA235&printsec=frontcover
[13] turned: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/china-is-stealthily-waging-a-water-war/article37583969/
[14] dozen: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Water/VScfAQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dams+Built+by+China+on+the+Brahmaputra+River+and+Its+Tributaries+(Partial+List):+Water,+Asia%27s+New+Battleground&pg=PA159&printsec=frontcover
[15] military standoff: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-quad-india-us-japan-australia-united-front-vs-china-by-brahma-chellaney-2020-10
[16] millions: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Water_Peace_and_War/rP3bBgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=The+estimated+number+of+Bangladeshi+illegal+immigrants+resident+in+India+is+actually+greater+than+the+number+of+Mexican+immigrants%E2%80%94legal+and+illegal%E2%80%94living+in+the+United+States.&pg=PA152&printsec=frontcover
[17] most biodiverse: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02837467
[18] over-damming: https://e360.yale.edu/features/chinas_great_dam_boom_an_assault_on_its_river_systems
[19] record flooding: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Natural-disasters/As-water-crests-Three-Gorges-Dam-crisis-puts-400m-at-risk
[20] attrition: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13449/himalayan-glaciers-climate-change-water-resources-and-water-security
[21] critical role: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/world-rivers-endangered-by-damming-diversion-pollution-by-brahma-chellaney-2020-02
[22] dam frenzy: https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2020/06/16/china-leverages-tibetan-plateaus-water-wealth/