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1. @SCMPNews reports Senior US diplomat statement that #China’s “manipulation” of water flows on #Mekong are immediate challenge to the #ASEAN, citing "troubling trend" of reduced water flows downstream. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3100164/us-claims-chinas-manipulation-mekong-urgent-challenge-southeast
2. Concerns about hydropower impacts on Mekong water flows are very real, and in addition to #China, #Thailand's companies play a major role in mainstream dams in #Laos, which will have downstream impacts on #Cambodia and #Vietnam.
3. Involvement of #USA companies is less well known. General Electric provided transmission equipment connecting multiple #hydropower dams in #Laos, including the massive and controversial #Xayaburi dam. https://www.ge.com/apac/content/laos
4. General Electric has also provided equipment such as turbines for dams in Laos, including the mainstream Don Sahong dam on the #Cambodia border.
5. General Electric has signed an MoU with state energy company Electricite du Laos to develop the hydropower sector, supporting it's goal of being "the battery of Asia". https://www.ge.com/news/reports/powering-laos-many-levels
