Mekong River Research Paper

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In the world of permanent fights for one’s place in the sun not only people or countries are facing several difficulties, but also nature – which we should help, support, develop and save for the future generations. And one of the good examples of the threatened piece of nature is the basin of the Mekong river. The author of this essay is trying to prove that despite its so called friendly and open-minded policy, People's Republic of China does not take into the account the interests of developing countries who share Mekong basin with China, and will reach its goals without concerning the interests of its close neighbors. As the political doctrine of realism says, everybody is your enemy and war of all against all is a permanent and, worse, …show more content…

This river is about 4800-kilometre long, starting on the Tibetan Plateau in China, then floating south through Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, transforming into Mekong delta and finally emptying into the South China Sea. The locals call this area “the rice bowl” - and, indeed, all Mekong countries (instead of China) produce more than 100m tones of rice (15% of the world's in total). Moreover, the river produces 2 500 000 tons of fish per year which appears to be a protein source for over 60 million people living in the Mekong River Basin . Not to forget unique flora and fauna of Mekong subregion: more than 20,000 types of plants and almost 2,500 animal species, including giant catfish, manatee and freshwater dolphins appear to be usual Mekong inhabitants. All of them should be treated carefully - unfortunately, some countries have other plans for developing region; and there is a number of issues that restraints Mekong Basin from its peaceful existence and …show more content…

MRC, “intergovernmental organization for regional dialogue and cooperation in the Lower Mekong River Basin” , was established in 1995 (being a inheritant of Mekong Committee founded in 1950 by UN 3) Blahblahblah For good or for ill, these tensions are not going to escalate in an armed conflict, as W.B.Scott claims. The point is that it is more profitable for lower countries to maintain cooperation with China in all spheres (especially economic one, concerning Chinese investments). All riparian states have shown rapid economic growth in recent years and it would be better for them not to deepen the conflict, but, au contraire, use all possibilities to maintain and develop current level of economics as it

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