Asia, the world's driest continent in per capita terms, remains the center of dam construction, with more than half of the 50,000 large dams across the globe. The hyperactivity on dams has only sharpened local and international disputes over the resources of shared rivers and aquifers.
Opinion
China is weaponizing water and worsening droughts in Asia
Its dams are provoking regional tensions, so Beijing needs to reconsider its policy