r/worldnews - Thailand has spiked a Chinese-led plan to blast 60 miles of rocks and dredge the Mekong river in northern Thailand to open up a shipping lane, in a rare victory for activists fighting to preserve Southeast Asia's most important waterway

Experts also say mega-dams in China and Laos, which has dozens of hydropower projects, are compounding seasonal drought in Thailand. China’s adventures will at first be based on bribery and corruption. When that fails they will resort to military might.

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