地圖上壓著湄公河密密麻麻的水庫點令人心驚，上游的中國在一省境內蓋了十三座，超過中下游五國加起來11座的總和。

再多的綠色標語也掩不住赤裸裸的貪婪與惡意。

"Are the dams on the upper Mekong a far-sighted effort to secure a supply of water and electricity against future need? Or, considering the devastating downstream social and environmental effects of these dams, are they part of a strategy to develop a “hydraulic empire,” maintaining regional power through control over access to water, while also relocating and assimilating minority peoples?

Time will tell."

https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/4-dams-on-the-upper-mekong-in-yunnan-china-2011-2019/

"1997年中國投票反對聯合國《國際水道非航行使用法公約》，既沒有簽署公約，也沒有認可、接受、加入或批准公約。

中國之所以不認可公約，理由是公約中的原則過度偏袒下游國家。中國認為，上游國家有在自己的領土上利用水道的權利，同時也反對合約中的爭端解決程序。對中國而言，為了滿足本國需要，上游水源國可以隨心所欲調用水資源，不需要考慮會對下游國家造成什麼影響。

中國的水壩建設在20年內，從水壩工程趨於飽和的境內河流，逐漸轉向國際河流。中國自1986年起，就開始在瀾滄江上興建一系列水壩。同時，中國國有企業也資助和協助寮國和柬埔寨在下游興建水壩。這些由中國資助的水壩，興建和設計的主要目的是向中國南方的電網輸送電力，但是環境和社會成本則由這些下游國家來承擔。"

https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/3595126

繼湄公河後, 雅魯藏布江aka布拉馬普特拉河是下一個截水涸鄰區:

"The Brahmaputra River is of great importance to both India and China. For India, it accounts for nearly 30 percent of the country’s freshwater resources and about 44 percent of its total hydropower potential. In China, the Brahmaputra holds great significance for Tibet, given its status as the birthplace of the Tibetan civilization. The river also plays a critical role in Tibet’s agricultural and energy sectors. The importance of the Brahmaputra River is further elevated by the ongoing border disputes between China and India, which have contested claims in the eastern Himalayas. This disputed area, which occupies about an area of 90,000 square kilometers, is called South Tibet in China or Arunachal Pradesh state in India, which now controls the area."

https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/chinas-hydropower-plan-on-the-brahmaputra/

"在往南方流入印度後，被印度稱為「布拉馬普特拉河」（Brahmaputra），並持續往下游流經孟加拉，下游的孟加拉流域稱其為「亞穆納河」（Yamuna River）。

「布拉馬普特拉河」是南亞第一大河，支流也進入尼泊爾和不丹，也支撐著南亞農業國家的經濟命脈。"

https://today.line.me/tw/v2/article/lR65EW