China in the Mekong River basin : the regional security implications of resource development on the Lancang Jiang

• Main Author: Goh, Evelyn
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::China
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90741; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4469
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Mekong River is a critical shared resource between China and five Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Over 80 million people depend on the river for their livelihoods, but recent large-scale resource development, especially in the form of hydropower develop...