China's International Transboundary Rivers: Politics, Security and Diplomacy of Shared Water Resources by Lei Xie & Jia Shaofeng

Author:Lei Xie & Jia Shaofeng [Xie, Lei & Shaofeng, Jia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: International Relations, Political Science, Diplomacy
ISBN: 9781134973866
Google: P9NBDwAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 37488098
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Notes

1 ASEAN is a coalition of ten countries in the South-East Asia region. These include Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, and now also Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Vietnam after the organization’s membership was expanded.

2 According to this Agreement, China will participate in hydroelectric cooperation with Myanmar through implementation of the BOT Ruilijiang First Class Hydroelectric Power Station with an installed capacity of 600,000 kW. However, this cooperation has stagnated since the government of Myanmar set aside the Myitsone Dam Project.

3 Personal communication with Department of Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2016.

4 Zhao, M. 2016. Yunnan government approves 13 national natural conservation park, The Paper, 19 September. Available at: www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1530425 (accessed 2 February 2017).

5 The International Rivers organization has documented the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Myitsone Dam, which is available at: www.internationalrivers.org/resources/environmental-impact-assessment-for-the-myitsone-dam-2449 (accessed 2 February 2017).

6 See full text of the Joint Declaration of ASEAN and China on cooperation in the field of non-traditional security issue, Sixth ASEAN–China Summit, Phnom Penh, 4 November 2002. Available at: www.vifindia.org/sites/default/files/Joint%20Declaration%20of%20ASEAN%20and%20China%20on%20Cooperation%20in%20the%20Field%20of%20Non-Traditional%20Security%20Issues,%202002.pdf (accessed 29 May 2017).

7 See full text of Chinese President Jinping Xi’s speech at Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2015, ‘Towards a community of common destiny and a new future for Asia’, 28 March 2015. Available at: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/29/c_134106145.htm (accessed 29 May 2017).

8 Speech given by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao’s at the Third GMS Summit, Vientiane, Laos, 31 March 2008. Available at: http://wcm.fmprc.gov.cn/pub/chn/pds/ziliao/zt/dnzt/wmgh/t419795.htm (accessed 28 August 2017).

9 Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao’s talk with the CEO of the Mekong River Commission Jeremy Bird, at the first Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Hua Hin, Thailand. Available at: www.mrcmekong.org/news-and-events/speeches/first-mrc-summit-5/ (accessed 28 August 2017).

10 The agreement has been renewed in 2008.

11 See Chinese government’s publication, Country Report on China’s Participation in Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation, 2008. Available at: http://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease/200804/t20080430_208063.html#_Toc193801979 (accessed 2 February 2017).

12 Report produced by International Rivers Network, Sizing Up the Grid: How the Mekong Power Grid Compares Against the Policies of the Asian Development Bank, January 2004. Available at: www.internationalrivers.org/sites/default/files/attached-files/sizing_up_the_grid_how_the_mekong_power_grid_compares_against_the_policies_of_the_asian_development_bank.pdf (accessed 29 May 2017).

13 Interview with Peng Ren, project manager from Global Environment Institute, August 2016.

14 Personal communication with Department of Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2016.

15 Ibid.

16 See Mekong River Commission’s introduction on its navigation programme. Available at: www.mrcmekong.org/about-mrc/programmes/navigation-programme/ (accessed 2 February 2017).

17 Ibid.

18 On the morning of 5 October 2011, two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle region on the borders of Myanmar and Thailand. All 13 crew members on the two ships were killed and their bodies dumped into the river.

19 Emia, V., China sends water to help drought-stricken Vietnam, 8 April 2016, Yibada. Available at: http://en.yibada.com/articles/114758/20160408/china-sends-water-help-drought-stricken-vietnam.htm#ixzz4XFZ4W9ls (accessed 2 February 2017).

20 China increases technological cooperation with the Mekong River riparian states on water management, 25 November 2011, China News. Available at: www.chinanews.com/gn/2011/11-25/3487521.shtml (accessed 2 February 2017).

21 See Chinese government’s publication, Country Report on China’s Participation in Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation, 2008. Available at: http://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease/200804/t20080430_208063.html#_Toc193801979 (accessed 2 February 2017).

22 Personal communication with Department of Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2016.

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