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The Eastern Window: What message is Xi Jinping sending through the dam project in Tibet?

Why is Xi Jinping building the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, a move that will be harmful to India, while at the same time making a show of mending fences with us?

Saibal Dasgupta

January 06, 2025 / 09:44 IST

The Eastern Window: What message is Xi Jinping sending through the dam project in Tibet?

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Highlights

China has decided to spend a colossal $137 billion to build the world’s biggest dam in Tibet, on the border with Arunachal Pradesh

Once constructed, the dam would be a continuous geopolitical threat for India

China’s president Xi Jinping is using it for economic revival and improving his political image

Mega-dams built by China in the upper reaches of the Mekong River have caused water shortages and regular droughts in downstream countries like Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia

China’s economic miracle has

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