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- Title
Manipulating Water in China.
- Authors
WEBBER, Michael
- Abstract
Chinese academics and officials argue that the country must store water to overcome seasonal fluctuations and move water to rebalance regional differences in supply and demand. As well as supplying water, however, such projects protect the political and economic status of powerful municipalities, stimulate Chinese economic growth, and proclaim the power and administrative capacity of the state. Underpinning Promethean water management is a hidden 'empire'-China's water machine-that assembles the capacities of corporations and institutions in an international network that facilitates state schemes. Yet, fixed infrastructure and their deterministic projections collide against shifting water demands and political interests and require subtle reconciliation of competing interests.
- Subjects
CHINA; ECONOMIC status; WATER management; INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; WATER supply; SUPPLY &; demand; TRANSBOUNDARY waters; REGIONAL differences
- Publication
Made in China Journal, 2022, Vol 7, Issue 2, p116
- ISSN
2652-6352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22459/mic.07.02.2022.12