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Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

Tag: Mekong

Posted inOpinion

Mekong countries don’t need to bank on outsiders

by Sim Vireak September 15, 2020September 15, 2020

MLC projects are more transparent than those under the Belt and Road Initiative because no one really know which projects are under the BRI or whether they are government supported or by private investment. The official list of projects is hard to find. This transparency issue does not only apply to China. Some development partners […]

Posted inAT Finance, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand

Thai cabinet halts rapids blasting project on Upper Mekong

by Pianporn Deetes February 7, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand

Overcoming barriers to fighting wildlife crime

by Mia Signs January 8, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

River delta changes threaten hundreds of millions

by Frances Eleanor Dunn and Stephen Darby November 10, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, India, Myanmar, Shanghai, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Trust nature to defend deltas against rising seas

by Marc Goichot October 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Vietnam

Scientists map dangers to free-flowing rivers

by Marc Goichot May 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Laos, Nepal, South Asia, Thailand

Women’s rights and river protection

by Maureen Harris March 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, World

Populations keep expanding, but not the water supply they need

by Jonathan Gornall January 22, 2019January 23, 2019
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Civil society groups to boycott Prior Consultation on new Mekong dam

by Maureen Harris August 27, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Brightness turns to dark: stories from survivors of Laos dam collapse

by David Simmons August 6, 2018August 6, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chengdu, China, European Union, India, Laos, Myanmar, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Yunnan once again pivot of Southeast Asia

by Altay Atli July 18, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Laos, South Asia, World

Why bamboo isn’t just for pandas

by Alistair Monument June 21, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Beijing’s grand economic strategy for the Mekong

by William Holland June 8, 2018June 8, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Death by dam for the Mekong

by Tom Fawthrop September 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, World

Lao cultural treasure faces river trade dilemma

by Tom Fawthrop May 16, 2017February 18, 2020

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