These three international rivers originate on the Tibetan plateau, whose bounteous water resources have become a magnet for Chinese planners. The Salween, which runs from Tibet through Yunnan Province into Burma and Thailand, will cease to be Asia’s last largely free-flowing river, with work on the first project – the giant, 4,200-megawatt Songta Dam in Tibet – to begin shortly.
这三条跨国河流发源于青藏高原，它们丰富的水量吸引着中国规划者。从西藏经云南流入缅甸和泰国的怒江将不再是亚洲最大的无坝大河——其上第一个大坝将是4200兆瓦容量的西藏松塔水电站。