For centuries China has tried to ensure that it could never happen. It matters not whether India wants to cut off China’s river supply, only that it would have the power to do so. China, a country with approximately the same volume of water usage as the USA, but with a population five times as large, will clearly not allow that. This would give India the commanding heights of the Tibetan Plateau and a base from which to push into the Chinese heartland, as well as control of the Tibetan sources of three of China’s great rivers, the Yellow, Yangtze and Mekong, which is why Tibet is known as ‘China’s Water Tower’. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World by Tim Marshall 4.6 (5) Paperback 16.98 18.99 Save 11 Hardcover 29.00 Paperback 16.98 eBook 13.99 Audiobook 0. If China did not control Tibet, it would always be possible that India might attempt to do so. Of course the border is really the Tibetan–Indian border – and that is precisely why China has always wanted to control it. More often than you may believe, the decisions taken by international leaders are heavily. “Very little trade has moved between China and India over the centuries, and that is unlikely to change soon. Prisoners of Geography examines six of the world’s most intriguing and significant geographies.
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