China's Himalayan mega-dam is a global threat

The largest dam ever conceived symbolizes China's bid, from oil to water, for 21st-century dominance

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The Yarlung Zangbo River In Xizang, China. The river is known as the Brahmaputra after it curves into India.  © AP

Brahma Chellaney, a professor of strategic studies at the independent New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research and fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, is the author of nine books, including "Water: Asia's New Battleground," which won the Bernard Schwartz Book Award.

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