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Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism
July 01, 2021
Mekong River Commission Calls for Improved Hydropower Data Sharing
By Sebastian Strangio
The past two years have seen water levels on the lower Mekong rise and full unpredictably.
September 14, 2020
How Meaningful is the New US-Mekong Partnership?
By Sebastian Strangio
The recently announced multilateral framework is a welcome – but limited – check on China's expanding influence in the Mekong region.
September 04, 2020
US Official Attacks China’s ‘Manipulation’ of the Mekong
By Sebastian Strangio
Southeast Asia’s mighty river is quickly becoming a new front in US-China competition.
August 25, 2020
China, Southeast Asian Leaders Meet to Discuss the Mekong’s Plight
By Shannon Tiezzi
The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation leaders' meeting discussed the river's dire situation -- and also pushed for a new trade corridor.
April 01, 2018
The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster
By Tom Fawthrop
How China’s grand strategy for the Mekong impacts the river, and the countries downstream.
October 31, 2017
Is Sustainable Development Along the Mekong Possible?
By Linh Tong and Linh Tong
Political realities – starting with China – make Mekong management difficult.
August 26, 2016
Yunnan: China's Bridge to South and Southeast Asia
By Naina Singh
China is revisiting its periphery with a new, localized approach to regional multilateralism.
May 25, 2016
China and the Mekong: The Floodgates of Power
By Cal Wong
China now has a chokehold on the Mekong River, the lifeline for the Indochina peninsula.
March 16, 2016
Facing Mekong Drought, China to Release Water From Yunnan Dam
By Shannon Tiezzi
In response to a request from Vietnam, China is discharging water from a dam in Yunnan.
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