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Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism
![No Mainstream: The Mekong’s Competing Definitions No Mainstream: The Mekong’s Competing Definitions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-12-062700.jpg)
No Mainstream: The Mekong’s Competing Definitions
By Benjamin Zawacki
Both within and between nations, Southeast Asia's largest river gives rise to competing, and in some cases conflicting, notions.
![Mekong River Commission Calls for Improved Hydropower Data Sharing Mekong River Commission Calls for Improved Hydropower Data Sharing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-07-01-1.jpg)
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.
![How Meaningful is the New US-Mekong Partnership? How Meaningful is the New US-Mekong Partnership?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-14-1.jpg)
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.
![US Official Attacks China’s ‘Manipulation’ of the Mekong US Official Attacks China’s ‘Manipulation’ of the Mekong](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-04-1.jpg)
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.
![China, Southeast Asian Leaders Meet to Discuss the Mekong’s Plight China, Southeast Asian Leaders Meet to Discuss the Mekong’s Plight](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-08-25-5.jpg)
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.
![The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-41_cvrs_1.jpg)
The Unfolding Mekong Development Disaster
By Tom Fawthrop
How China’s grand strategy for the Mekong impacts the river, and the countries downstream.
![Is Sustainable Development Along the Mekong Possible? Is Sustainable Development Along the Mekong Possible?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-27_13-20-56.jpg)
Is Sustainable Development Along the Mekong Possible?
By Linh Tong and Linh Tong
Political realities – starting with China – make Mekong management difficult.
![Yunnan: China's Bridge to South and Southeast Asia Yunnan: China's Bridge to South and Southeast Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-26_13-45-38.jpg)
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.
![China and the Mekong: The Floodgates of Power China and the Mekong: The Floodgates of Power](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-11-29_19-31-15.jpg)
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.
![Facing Mekong Drought, China to Release Water From Yunnan Dam Facing Mekong Drought, China to Release Water From Yunnan Dam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-15_18-04-32.jpg)
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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