Morning Star (UK)
South-east Asian leaders gathered in Thailand on Sunday to discuss how to derive mutual benefit from the Mekong River amid concerns that dam construction is contributing to a major drought.
Representatives from China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand joined the meeting of the Mekong River Commission for talks on navigation, flood management, hydropower, irrigation and fisheries.
They meet as the Mekong - which provides food, transport and irrigation for 65 million people in the six countries - has dropped to its lowest level in nearly 20 years.
Chinese officials, as well as the commission's technical experts, say the scientific evidence does not support environmentalists' assertion that Chinese dams on the river are the main cause of reduced downstream flow.
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Song Tao explained that the three Chinese hydropower stations in operation on the upper stretch of the Mekong "are cascade stations that do not consume water, with scarce effect on the water volume flowing across the border."
China and experts from the commission blame the water shortage on dry weather.
Representatives from China, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand joined the meeting of the Mekong River Commission for talks on navigation, flood management, hydropower, irrigation and fisheries.
They meet as the Mekong - which provides food, transport and irrigation for 65 million people in the six countries - has dropped to its lowest level in nearly 20 years.
Chinese officials, as well as the commission's technical experts, say the scientific evidence does not support environmentalists' assertion that Chinese dams on the river are the main cause of reduced downstream flow.
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Song Tao explained that the three Chinese hydropower stations in operation on the upper stretch of the Mekong "are cascade stations that do not consume water, with scarce effect on the water volume flowing across the border."
China and experts from the commission blame the water shortage on dry weather.
3 comments:
For our poor people, not for rich-oknga, and to open way for a real democracy in Cambodia, I wish Thai yellow shirts snipper Ah Kbot Cheat Hun Sen right in his forhead before he steps into his Lamogine to his hotel. Your day is coming!
Death to Hun Sen CPP-Yuon puppets and their followers.
Happy New Year to our poor people!
For our poor people, not for rich-oknga, and to open way for a real democracy in Cambodia, I wish Thai yellow shirts snipper Ah Kbot Cheat Hun Sen right in his forhead before he steps into his Lamogine to his hotel. Your day is coming!
Death to Hun Sen CPP-Yuon puppets and their followers.
Happy New Year to our poor people!
Chinese are very smart. They like to plan at least 50-100 years ahead of them. You see, while we are busy fighting with each other of both internal and external conflicts(CPP and SRP)and the border boundary, Chinese were busy building new dams and major rivers to stock all the water, making sure they have it all to themselves. They knew that this will affect the down stream people but did they care? no, if they do they would not have done this in the first place. Chinese's behaviour like always, their people come first!. They like to use tactic to kill others and then deal with them later, e.g. used khmer to kill khmer, by sending guns, mines and other artillery in exchange for rice. You see while they fed their people and we were too busy killing our people by listening to their dictatorship. Chairman Moa said to the stupid king "you must kill all of your intellectual starting from their cradle, if you want to be king forever". It was mention on the radio and everybody heard this message and was outrage but the damage already been done.
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