Years of Poems and Spirits

Just came across a daring proposal that has been circulating in China for a century and half: redirect water from Southeast Tibet to population centers in Northern China.

Especially when this plan is juxtaposed against other alternatives, it becomes so more attractive: rich water resources in Tibet now largely flow into Indian ocean untapped, low population density along proposed canel routes means low migration cost.

The keywords to look up for are: 大西线调水, 郭开, 西藏之水救中国

The concerns: engineering difficulties, ecological consequences, and international disputes.

If the project does take off, it will be a defining moment.