India & China
Natural Resource War?
Water
Water is our most precious resource, but 783 million people in the world still lack access to clean water – 95 million in rural China alone. Another 2.5 billion people don’t have access to adequate sanitation. This leads to over 6 million deaths a year from water-related diseases and disasters.
DYI:
As China and India continue to urbanize the
demand for fresh water supplies will become acute. China is in the worst position as only two of
the three major rivers flow into the population centers of China. The remainder flow into Pakistan, India, Bangladesh,
and Burma all predominately under India's sphere of influence. If China is unable to purchase the necessary
water they will no doubt go to war. This
is a major geopolitical choke point that could easily kick off WWIII.
DYI
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