Photographer Jack Kurtz documents how Chinese commerce has replaced heroin traffic in the Mekong’s Golden Triangle

A compilation of articles from chinadialogue and thethirdpole.net explores the environmental challenges of dam building along the Mekong River in China and Southeast Asia

China needs to promote sustainable practices in the Mekong region, rather than simply shifting its carbon footprint downstream, argues Brian Eyler

South-east Asia’s longest river has been transformed in the past three decades. Now, the food security of the Lower Mekong Basin hangs in the balance, writes Milton Osborne.