Public debts rise, Ministry warns of ODA trap
20 Aug 2018
The interest rates offered by China are twice as much as other lenders, while the lending conditions are less preferential.
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Much of Laos and the Mekong are vulnerable to such disasters and to broader environmental threats of large hydropower dams the Mekong.
As Myanmar works to restructure to private sector management of the country’s forestry and timber resources, reports of illegal logging are surging.
China’s Jul 18 white paper on ecological progress on the Tibetan Plateau is riddled with lies and factual errors known full well to those who are paying attention.
"China does not tell us what to do in our respective centres." Interview on China creating the Global Centre Mekong Study (GCMS) to conduct academic research on the Mekong.
China is helping Laos with its plans to develop as a regional power hub supplying electricity to Southeast Asia and China’s Yunnan province.
With less than 30% of Greater Mekong’s forests remaining, new WWF report highlights efforts by people and communities trying to stop the devastation.
While construction is well underway villagers say, "We have received nothing so far... no official from any department has come to talk to us."
The 131 approved businesses and industries for these zones are not “green, high-tech, and knowledge-based” as stated goals--they're completely the opposite.
But the real game changer will be the Pan-Asia Railway Network, with separate routs via Vietnam and Cambodia, one through Laos and the third through Myanmar.