Chinese Company Consults Mekong River Residents Over Proposed Blasting Project
Communities say the company hasn't considered the social and environmental impacts of proposed changes to the river.
CHIANG RAI -A red-robed monk sat impatiently at the front of the consultation meeting in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand. Once the representatives from China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) had finished their presentation he stood up and scolded them for taking too long. He disputed their description of the Thai-Lao-Myanmar stretch of the Mekong as […]
