Myanmar: Beyond Myitsone: The Sleeping Chipwi Hydropower Project

Aug 12, 2019 | Ye Mon, Frontier
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While the Chipwi dam project is still many years away from completion, what remains at the remote work site is testament to the scale of Chinese ambitions in Kachin State. The seven dams were first proposed in the early 2000s, when Myanmar was becoming increasingly isolated due to economic sanctions, and power shortages were stifling growth in neighbouring Yunnan Province.