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China

  • China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway remains uncertain

    January 13, 2021

    Two and a half decades in negotiations, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway remains stalled on basic issues, with no clear way forward

  • Jinghong dam, Imaginechina Limited / Alamy

    Opinion: Tensions rise along the Mekong as science meets strategy

    January 11, 2021

    Geopolitical concerns around how countries share the river’s resources have grown since the development of substantial infrastructure in Yunnan, China

  • deforestation, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, Daniel J. Rao / Alamy

    Best of 2020: Could the Himalayas harbour the next pandemic?

    January 01, 2021

    Environmental destruction and climate change are driving pandemics, with the Hindu Kush Himalayas a potential hotspot for new emerging diseases

  • CPEC coal power plant Sahiwal, Punjab, Xinhua / Alamy

    Best of 2020: Pakistani military in charge in revived CPEC

    December 31, 2020

    A new CPEC Authority aims to centralise decision-making and take autonomy away from the provinces where the corridor’s key projects will be built. This makes the future of CPEC and its environmental consequences even more opaque

  • Weather station at Machapuchare Base Camp, Himalayas, Nepal. Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo

    Best of 2020: Will border disputes affect climate research?

    December 25, 2020

    Scientists hope recent border clashes in the Himalayas and the pandemic will not derail the limited progress made on research cooperation over the past decade

  • China’s plans for gigantic Brahmaputra dam strains relations with India further

    December 04, 2020

    Powerchina’s announcement it will build a mega dam could spur a dam-building race with India, with disastrous consequences for the ecology of the region

  • China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway remains uncertain

    January 13, 2021

  • Jinghong dam, Imaginechina Limited / Alamy

    Opinion: Tensions rise along the Mekong as science meets strategy

    January 11, 2021

  • deforestation, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, Daniel J. Rao / Alamy

    Best of 2020: Could the Himalayas harbour the next pandemic?

    January 01, 2021

  • CPEC coal power plant Sahiwal, Punjab, Xinhua / Alamy

    Best of 2020: Pakistani military in charge in revived CPEC

    December 31, 2020

  • Weather station at Machapuchare Base Camp, Himalayas, Nepal. Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo

    Best of 2020: Will border disputes affect climate research?

    December 25, 2020

  • China’s plans for gigantic Brahmaputra dam strains relations with India further

    December 04, 2020

Hydropower

  • With activists silenced, China moves ahead on big dam project

    November 05, 2020

  • Fishing on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia [image: Alamy]

    Mekong dams destroy Tonle Sap Lake

    April 27, 2020

  • The human costs of ‘Swan City’

    June 19, 2019

  • Local communities continue to protest against Chinese backed projects on the Mekong [image courtesy: International Rivers]

    Will China decide the future of Myanmar’s rivers?
    Belt and Road

    March 13, 2019

Climate Change

  • deforestation, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, Daniel J. Rao / Alamy

    Best of 2020: Could the Himalayas harbour the next pandemic?

    January 01, 2021

  • Weather station at Machapuchare Base Camp, Himalayas, Nepal. Ashley Cooper / Alamy Stock Photo

    Best of 2020: Will border disputes affect climate research?

    December 25, 2020

  • Heatwaves, floods, storms new normal in pandemic year: WMO

    December 03, 2020

  • deforestation, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, Daniel J. Rao / Alamy

    Opinion: Cooperate to save biodiversity in Hindu Kush Himalayas

    December 02, 2020

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