Japan hosts the leaders of five Asian nations that share the Mekong River amid growing Chinese influence in the region. ...full story at BBC News
from BBC News on Fri, Nov 06 2009
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Epicocity Project on the Mekong in Tibet »
YouTube video In March of 2008, a crew of paddlers began a section of the Mekong River in Tibet. Just as we began the section, conflict erupted in Lhasa and we had to extend the section we paddled to the Yunnan border, where it was safe to take out. This was the last... |
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16 Chinese scientists to explore Mekong River » People's Daily Sixteen Chinese scientists will start an exploration mission of the Mekong River on Nov. 26, exploration team head Tao Baoxiang said here Friday. Huo Mingyuan, chief scientist, said the 20-day exploration aims to get to know the river's current... |
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River of discord » China Dialogue Hydropower projects in China have created tensions along the Mekong. Rivers know no borders, writes Michael Richardson, but dams do.Back in 1986, when China began building the first of a series of dams on the Mekong River, hardly anyone in the downstream... |
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China completes new hydropower station on Yunnan border river » People's Daily The first generating unit with a hydropower station on the Lancang River, which is known as the Mekong River after it leaves Chinese territory, started up in Jinghong on Thursday. This generator is one of the three units to be insta ... |
| 16 Jun 09 |
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China's Hydroelectric Plans to Damn the Mekong Threaten Millions » TreeHugger For people living along the Mekong, the river supplies them with about 80% of their protein intake. Photo: Fredrik Thommesen via flickr. A few short weeks ago it came out the China had plans in the works to place 20 hydroelectric dams on the upper... |
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ADB, China co-finance human resources projects in Greater Mekong Sub-region » People's Daily The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and China are co-financing projects that uphold skills development, labor migration and the prevention of trafficking women and children in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, the regional lender said Monday. The ADB will... |
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