They're stealing India's water.

And it could lead to armed conflict.

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Disputes between India and China have been getting  

worse this year. Especially since  that deadly border clash in June.

But while things seem to have calmed down for  now, there's a lot at stake here. But here's  

something you maybe haven't thought about—water.  This border dispute is also about protecting  

India's, and many other countries', water  supply from Chinese Communist control.

It has to do mainly with these  two rivers, which begin in Tibet.  

One flows from Tibet through  northwestern India into Pakistan,  

and the other flows from Tibet through  northeastern India into Bangladesh.

These are major rivers. Millions  of people depend on them. 

But the Chinese Communist Party  would prefer that millions of people  

depend on the Communist Party. And  it's becoming a big dam problem.

China has plans to build and finance  

up to five new dams along the Indus River in  the part of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan. 

You see, Pakistan and India don't have enough  

conflict in Kashmir already, so  China is just trying to help out.

The problem with adding new dams is that it could  mess up agriculture downstream. That includes  

sending less water to farmland, and reducing  the amount of silt, which also supports farming.

And those problems could mean that huge  numbers of Indian farmers have to relocate.

The Indian government is very unhappy  about this new dam in Kashmir.  

But surprise! Pakistan and China don't care.

In July this year, a Chinese  state-owned company began construction.

It's the first major Chinese infrastructure  project in Kashmir. It's part of the  

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which China is  tying into its global Belt and Road Initiative. So  

there's a lot of money and political power behind  it—way more money and political power than the  

Indian farmers downstream have. So, the project  moves forward, environmental concerns be dammed! 

And that's just the Indus River.  There's also the Brahmaputra River.  

It flows from Tibet through  India and down to Bangladesh.

“Over a period of 10 years,  China has managed to construct  

three dams on the Brahmaputra river in  parts of Tibet close to the Indian border.”

The largest one became fully operational in 2015.

Initially, the Chinese government denied its  existence. But when satellite photos came out, and  

they were caught in a lie, they were like, don't  worry, it won't affect the water flow downstream.

Yes, dams never affect water flow.

China now plans to build eight  more of these kinds of dams.

There's another motivation for building  them, though, besides generating power.

In the kind of mega project fit only for the most  self-aggrandizing dictatorships, the Communist  

Party wants to divert water from these rivers to  Xinjiang, home to all the happy ethnic Ughyurs.

They plan to do that with a 600 mile long  

tunnel. Chinese authorities hope it  will “turn Xinjiang into California.”

California? Maybe they need a better analogy.

One expert from China's Dalian  University of Technology said “The  

project is 'anticipated to solve the problem  of water, food, and drought in the country.'”

Yes. Massive projects that  radically alter the environment  

will definitely solve the problem  of water, food, and drought.

But Northwestern China is  facing a water shortage crisis.  

It's a manmade crisis of course. It stems  mainly from cramming too many people and  

too much farmland in a region that's  not naturally able to support it all.

But I don't think the Chinese Communist  Party would mind if they solve that crisis  

inside China, by causing an environmental  catastrophe for people in other countries. 

And according to an India  analyst at the Hudson Institute,  

this will ultimately mean more Chinese  troops on the border with India.

“This nightmare scenario has already started.  Because China needs more water to develop,  

China has started plans to divert the flow  of the river. The more China develops Tibet,  

the more Chinese troops will get  deployed to secure these water resources.  

As a result, China's military activities in the  India-China border (around Tibet) will increase.”

Because in the end, it always seems  to come down to territorial conflicts.

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