China accused of manipulating water flows of the Mekong

The dam on the Mekong in Yunnan province will hold a reservoir stretching back 55 miles. EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP. China has been accused of limiting the water to one of the world’s biggest rivers to feed its hydroelectric dams. David Stilwell, the US assistant secretary of state for east Asia and the Pacific, said that Beijing was manipulating the water flows of the Mekong with upstream dam projects to the detriment of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Burma.