Note: Map shows dams in the Mekong River basin as of December 2018, the most recent data available. Because construction and financing details are not always disclosed, China may have been ...

The Mekong River begins at the Tibetan Plateau in China and stretches through Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, before ending at the South China Sea in Vietnam. Eager to exploit the river ...

The Mekong River and its biodiversity-rich tributaries — the lifeline for more than 60 million people in Southeast Asia — dropped to their lowest levels in a century last summer.

Under the tagline "Shared River, Shared Future" China insists it seeks only the sustainable development of the river and to split the spoils of a trade and energy boom with its Mekong neighbours ...

Last year, while parts of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and southern Vietnam experienced a devastating drought, China held abundant water on the Upper Mekong River back from downstream communities ...

China on average contributes around 14 percent of the Mekong River’s flow, "but an annual average can be misleading," says Brian Eyler, director of the Southeast Asia Program at U.S.-based Stimson ...

How China’s grand strategy for the Mekong impacts the river, and the countries downstream. The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster – The Diplomat All Sections Search ...

The Mekong River, which originates from the Tanggula Mountain Range on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China and runs 4880 kilometers southward through six countries, namely, China, Myanmar, Laos ...

China and Myanmar will join members of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in investigating reasons for droughts and floods that have hit the region in recent years. An MRC press release said Tuesday ...

Site Map; Connect with Us. Presented By. U.S. INDO-CHINA: The Mekong Offensive; INDO-CHINA: The Mekong Offensive. 3 ... fast-flowing Mekong River, fourth greatest in all Asia, and the border of ...