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China’s Five-Year National Water Security Plan
December 17, 2022

China’s Five-Year National Water Security Plan

By Genevieve Donnellon-May
How does China's first five-year plan for national water security attempt to tackle the country's most pressing water challenges?

How China Is Responding to Its Water Woes
September 07, 2022

How China Is Responding to Its Water Woes

By Genevieve Donnellon-May
The scorching heatwave in southwest China in August laid bare the country’s many interrelated water security challenges.
Are ‘Sponge Cities’ the Answer to Shenzhen’s Water Scarcity? 
January 05, 2022

Are ‘Sponge Cities’ the Answer to Shenzhen’s Water Scarcity? 

By Genevieve Donnellon-May and Guangtao Fu
Shenzhen is facing its worst drought on record. Can authorities find a holistic, long-term solution?

What’s Behind China’s Latest Mega Hydro-Engineering Project?
October 07, 2021

What’s Behind China’s Latest Mega Hydro-Engineering Project?

By Genevieve Donnellon-May and Mark Wang
The Red Flag River is a means to expand China’s domestic water security networks.

Water With Your Chips? Semiconductors and Water Scarcity in China
August 13, 2021

Water With Your Chips? Semiconductors and Water Scarcity in China

By Elizabeth Wishnick
Semiconductors are particularly thirsty.

12 Regions of China: The North China Plain
July 18, 2017

12 Regions of China: The North China Plain

By John Lee
The heartland of ancient China is fittingly home to the modern-day capital.

China Wants to Make it Rain (Literally)
January 24, 2017

China Wants to Make it Rain (Literally)

By Cal Wong
Cloud-seeding technology gets a boost with a new investment meant to combat drought.
Devastated Villages Pay the Price for China's Coal Addiction
December 17, 2016

Devastated Villages Pay the Price for China's Coal Addiction

By Xie Yujuan
Years of coal development in Shenmu on banks the Yellow River have left a broken landscape.

China, India, Pakistan: Moving Beyond Water Wars
October 06, 2016

China, India, Pakistan: Moving Beyond Water Wars

By Bilal Hussain
Reliance on the same rivers should promote cooperation, not conflict, in the Indus Basin.

How Water Scarcity Could Fuel Another Sino-Indian War
October 04, 2016

How Water Scarcity Could Fuel Another Sino-Indian War

By Francis P. Sempa
A recent article lays out how water and geopolitics combine in Arunachal Pradesh.

Resources, 'National Unity' Underpin Xi's Trip to Western China
September 04, 2016

Resources, 'National Unity' Underpin Xi's Trip to Western China

By David Volodzko
Xi Jinping's recent trip to Qinghai highlights what Beijing sees when it looks to China's western regions.
One Chinese City's Struggle With Water Scarcity
September 16, 2015

One Chinese City's Struggle With Water Scarcity

By Coco Liu
In the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, water demand is expected to outstrip supply by 2020.

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