Deng Han

Deng Han

PhD candidate, Peking University

Deng Han is a PhD candidate at the School of International Studies, Peking University. He has visited the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and studied there for one year. His research interest is transboundary water cooperation.

A view of the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos is seen from the Thai side in Nong Khai, Thailand, 29 October 2019. (Soe Zeya Tun/REUTERS)
Politics

Chinese academics: Mekong must not become second South China Sea

By Zhai Kun , By Deng Han 31 Aug 2020
China said that it would share year-round hydrological information of the upper Mekong with downstream countries during the recently concluded 3rd Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting held via video conference. Will this help assuage fears that China is using the control of water flow in the Mekong as a lever, literally, to exert greater influence on the CLMVT (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand) countries in ASEAN? Chinese academics Zhai Kun and Deng Han warn that China and Southeast Asian countries must be wary of external forces politicising matters in the Mekong region.