Burma dams would flood rebel territories
Burma’s energy-hungry neighbors – China and Thailand – are pushing the military junta to embark on a huge dam project along the Salween, one of Southeast Asia’s last untamed rivers, which stretches 1,700 miles through China, eastern Burma and Thailand.
The $8 billion project would not only generate electricity but give the government justification to flood the heart of rebel territory of Karen, Shan and Karenni minorities fighting for independence in eastern Burma.
Nicholas Kusnetz (’09) reports from Thailand for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted September 5th, 2008 |
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