China's International Transboundary Rivers

Lei Xie is Professor in Governance at Shandong University. She is also a Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Before joining Shandong University, she lectured in University of Exeter and was a visiting scholar of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on global environmental governance and transnational environmental movement with particular interest on the international cooperation of transbondary river basins. She is author of Environmental Activism in China (Routledge, 2009). Shaofeng Jia is Deputy Director of the Center for Water Resources Research, CAS, Vice Chair of Special Committee for Water Resources, the Hydraulic Engineering Society of China, editorial board member of Water International, Geographic Research, Geographic Progress, and Journal of Economics of Water Resources.. His main interests include water resources management, integrated basin management and regional sustainable development, He has authored more than 100 papers and 5 books.

1. China’s transboundary rivers: politics, diplomacy and security: an introduction 2. The governance of water resources in China 3. China’s policy over international rivers: Perception and diplomatic practices 4. Theoretical debate: water diplomacy 5. Southeast Asia: China’s water diplomacy on the Mekong River 6. South Asia: China’s evolving attitude over the GBM 7. Central Asia: Sino-Kazakh water diplomacy on Ili and Irtysh Rivers 8. Northeast Asia: Sino-Russian cooperation over the Amur River 9. Comparison and conclusions 10. Policy recommendations