China’s Lancang Dam Cascade and Transnational Activism in the Mekong Region: Who’s Got the Power?

Dr Pichamon Yeophantong, Research Associate, GLF 2012-14

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Pichamon Yeophantong (July/August 2014). China’s Lancang Dam Cascade and Transnational Activism in the Mekong Region: Who’s Got the Power? Asian Survey, Vol. 54, No. 4 , pp. 700-724

Abstract

Over the years, China’s Lancang dam cascade has been the target of widespread contestation arising mainly from an evolving network of dam opponents. Operating across borders, these activists play an increasingly prominent role in the transboundary governance of the Lancang-Mekong River, working to curb China’s hydropower expansion and hold its dam developers to account.