New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Dragon is playing with water, as reports suggest, through several ambitious river projects to expand “hydro-hegemony” in the region. China’s “water games” across South Asia include capitalising on mega-dams in Medog on the Tibetan Plateau, such as the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze, and pushing the Teesta River management project in Bangladesh to turn hydropower into geopolitical leverage.Incidentally, China now has 24,217 large dams; the US follows with 10,053, whi…
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Beijing, May 9 (IANS) North China is expected to experience its first widespread heat wave of the year over the next few days, with temperatures in some areas forecast to reach as high as 37 degrees Celsius, according to China’s meteorological authorities. The China Meteorological Administration said on Friday that most parts of north China will see below-average rainfall over the next 10 days. Temperatures will be 1 to 3 degrees Celsius above the seasonal average, and some local areas will see …