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China hydropower projects in Southeast Asia
![Cambodia Needs to Increase the Transparency of Key Infrastructure Projects Cambodia Needs to Increase the Transparency of Key Infrastructure Projects](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-02-02-043308.jpg)
Cambodia Needs to Increase the Transparency of Key Infrastructure Projects
By Chen Heang
The Tatay River Hydropower Dam in southwestern Cambodia has become a case study in how not to do things.
![‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam ‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-26-4.jpg)
‘Not Sufficient’: Thailand Rejects Report on Lao Hydropower Dam
By Sebastian Strangio
The Sanakham dam is one of seven mega-dams that the landlocked country is planning, in defiance of environmental and economic sense.
![Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-07.jpg)
Laos Stumbles Under Rising Chinese Debt Burden
By Sebastian Strangio
Its economy battered by COVID-19, the nation's sovereign reserves have fallen to less than $1 billion, putting it on the brink of default.
![Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18205417230912.jpg)
Laos’ Dam Disaster May Not Be Its Last
By Tom Fawthrop
The cost-cutting and lack of oversight that led to the dam's collapse plague other hydropower projects across the country.
![China and Laos' Dam Disaster China and Laos' Dam Disaster](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18207379427912.jpg)
China and Laos' Dam Disaster
By Shannon Tiezzi
There are strong political motives behind China's fast response.
![China’s Myanmar Dam Hypocrisy China’s Myanmar Dam Hypocrisy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-27_15-22-46.jpg)
China’s Myanmar Dam Hypocrisy
By Tom Fawthrop
China is preserving the ecology of the Nu River within its borders. Downstream in Myanmar, it's a different story.
![The Resurgence of China-Vietnam Ties The Resurgence of China-Vietnam Ties](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-24_16-16-12.jpg)
The Resurgence of China-Vietnam Ties
By Nguyen Minh Quang
A visit to Beijing by Vietnam's Communist Party chief underscored a major shift in Sino-Vietnamese bilateral relations.
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