世界水日谈印度未来水源困境

choi

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VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110322-India-China-Summit--118422814.html
(印中可能发生潜在水资源争执)

Note:
(a) 世界水日 World Water Day
(b) For 雅鲁藏布江, see Brahmaputra River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmaputra_River
(Its upstream in Tibet is called Yarlung Tsangpo River; into Arunachal Pradesh 阿鲁纳恰尔 邦; merges with the Ganges; While most rivers on the Indian subcontinent have female names, this river has a rare male name, as it means "son of Brahma" in Sanskrit (putra means "son"))

* Brahma is a Hindu god.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarlung_Zangbo_River
(The suffix Zangbo (or Tsangpo, Zangbu, etc.) denotes a river flowing from or through Tsang, i.e. Tibet west of Lhasa)

(c) On Nov 15, 2010 China reportedly started building a dam over Yarlung Zangbu River.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110322-US-CHINA-BUSINESS-118416809.html

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(1) 时事大家谈: 中国GDP和幸福指数的关系. VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2011 (video).
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110322-issues-and-opinions-118441529.html
(陈奎德 CHEN Kuide)

(2) 中国退盐潮中顾客投诉商家不退货. VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110322-Chinese-salt-118423044.html

(3) 美国在华企业利润增加但对规章不满. VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2011 (video).
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110322-US-CHINA-BUSINESS-118416809.html

(4) 大停滞-技术创新不再是美国经济重要动力？ VOA Chinese, Mar 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110321-The-Great-Stagnation-Have-New-Technologies-Translated-Into-Economic-Growth-118425884.html
("和戴维斯和韦塞尔一样，考恩的论点也是基于美国现代历史中这样一个令人费解的谜题：从1947到1973年，美国家庭收入中位数翻了一番；而那以后，到2004年的30多年间，这个数字只涨了不到四分之一")

Note: The report discusses
Tyler Cowen, The Great Stagnation; How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History,Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton (2011).

That is the name of the publisher (including upper case S): Dutton is part of Penguin Group. The book was published on Jan 25, 2011.
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(1) Physics places a damper on transmission of electricity over a long distance.

Matthew H Brown and Richard P Sedano, Electricity Transmission: A Primer. National Council on Electricity Policy, June 2004.
http://www.raponline.org/Pubs/ELECTRICITYTRANSMISSION.pdf
(section heading "What limitations constrain power flow over long distances?" at page 35)

A page number appears in the upper right or left corner--alternately.

(2) I searched the web and China did not seem to explain the function of the dam(s) in a rational way. A summary of China's position:

B. Raman, China Defends Decision to Dam The Brahmaputra. South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), Nov 18, 2011 (Paper no. 4175).
http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cpapers42%5Cpaper4175.html

By "a rational way," I mean China's stated goal to supply electricity to central Tibet does not make sense, with such a huge dam (more may be coming).


【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2011.
: http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110322-India-China-Summit--118422814.html
: (印中可能发生潜在水资源争执)
: Note:
: (a) 世界水日 World Water Day
: (b) For 雅鲁藏布江, see Brahmaputra River
: (以下引言省略...)

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