Anushka Saxena quoted in RFA on China’s ‘Water Wars’

Anushka Saxena, Research Analyst with Takshashila’s Indo-Pacific Studies Programme was qouted in radio Free Asia on China’s ‘Water Wars’.

She was quoted as saying, “Tibet is at the forefront of China’s ‘water wars’ in the region. Tibet’s eight major transboundary river systems have the capacity to turn China into “Asia’s water hegemon,” given that their water can be used for both domestic economic and foreign policy-related interests, as well as can be weaponized to cause harm to lower riparian states. In that light, China’s moves vis-à-vis export of water to Maldives cannot be isolated from the larger approach China is adopting to using Tibet’s water resources.”

Read the article here.