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The Sino-Indian Water Divide

With its rapidly growing power, China seems determined to choke off Asian competitors, reflected in its hardening stance toward India. Nowhere is this clearer than in its use of the region's water supply, much of which originates on the Tibetan plateau, as a political weapon.

NEW DELHI – As China and India gain economic heft, they are drawing ever more international attention at the time of an ongoing global shift of power to Asia. Their underlying strategic dissonance and rivalry, however, usually attracts less notice.

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