Cascading Effects: Will China’s New Dam Create A Himalayan Rift?

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Cascading Effects: Will China’s New Dam Create A Himalayan Rift?

Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics. -By Jagannath Panda and Mrittika Guha Sarkar (Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs) In mid-December, China marked the thirtieth anniversary of the official inauguration of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, the world’s largest hydroelectric project (in terms... The post Cascading Effects: Will China’s New D…