But the United States has built a dam where gravity does not work. At the Hoover Dam built on the Colorado River, if anything is thrown upwards, it keeps floating up after hitting the dam’s wall.
India has voiced concern about Beijing’s plan to build a dam in Tibet that is three times larger than China’s Three Gorges, currently the world’s largest hydropower facility.
The Chinese claim is false—but India’s justification for building a mega dam is also built on the wrong edifice. Consider the reaction of Arunachal’s Deputy CM Chowna Mein, who explained how ...