CCP’s Mekong River Belt and Road Projects a Faustian Bargain, Says Expert

CCP’s Mekong River Belt and Road Projects a Faustian Bargain, Says Expert
The regulating dam of the Nam Theun 2 power dam under construction is pictured in Laos' Nakai plateau on June 28, 2007. Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP via Getty Images
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Renowned expert hydrologist Wang Weiluo has likened Belt and Road deals between countries along the Mekong River and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as Faustian bargains, saying that while they bring investment they are deals with the devil that hurt livelihoods.

Speaking to the Hong Kong Epoch Times, Wang said that the dams on the Mekong River are destroying the ecological environment and directly threatening the development of fisheries and the livelihood of tens of millions of fishermen in the Mekong River basin.

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