Water wars and hydro-hegemony in South Asia

China plans to build the world's biggest dam, giving it a chokehold on South Asia's water supplies

Originally published on Global Voices

A cross-section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. China intends to build a massive dam on this river in the coming years, stirring regional controversy. Maxisheng18, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority...