
Who owns a river? When upstream territory wields power of concrete
In Chinese political culture, the ability to master a river has long served as a stand‑in for the legitimacy of the state, long before hydropower even existed as a technology.

In Chinese political culture, the ability to master a river has long served as a stand‑in for the legitimacy of the state, long before hydropower even existed as a technology.
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