In the face of China building more dams for energy generation, the USA and the West are demonizing China using all kinds of arguments from environmental issues, countries water rights issue, protection of endangered species of animals and fish issues. Trump vis a vis the USA itself wants to sell more of his oil and obviously wants China to be its main customer, rather than allowing China to be more dependent on renewables like water, solar and wind energy. Trump has already blackmailed the EU, forcing the EU to buy more oil from the USA or he will raise tariffs against them.
Much controversy has been raised against China's dams upstream of the Mekong River, provoking anxieties in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. There is a political agenda involved to provoke bad blood between China and the other South-East Asian countries. The source of the Mekong is in Tibet, and it is reported that only 17% of the Mekong water originates from China, with the rest of the water originating from other sources like rainfall, lakes and reservoirs further downstream. What then is the issue with China building numerous dams in Yunnan Province to harness renewable energy? The USA and the West are stirring up a hornet's nest to create fear among the ASEAN countries to fulfil their agenda, the same as creating false threats so that the USA can station troops in countries to 'protect' them against fabricated threats.
There is now another demonization move being stirred up that involves India. China is building several more dams along the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which is the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River that runs through India and Bangladesh. The narrative to arouse India to go against China in the building of those dams is a works-in-progress.
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China don't give two hoots about India lah. The Indians build dams on the Indus river and cut off the water supply to Pakistan despite strong Pakistani protests, so the Chinese super dam is karma for the Indians.
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