Water must be a central element of India-China ties

The approval of a massive dam in China swells geopolitical crosscurrents

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Fishermen row their boat on the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati, Assam state, India. © AP

Farwa Aamer is director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York. Susanne Schmeier is the head of the water governance department and an associate professor of water law and diplomacy at IHE Delft.

In the complex landscape of Sino-Indian relations, water epitomizes both vulnerability and strategic contention.

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