Cooperation on Water Resource Security and Interaction in Sino-Indian Relations.pdfVIP

Securityand Interaction in SSfino-IInnai‘a‘n Relations LanJianxue W aterreS。urCesr(efemngt。fresh water resources in this article)areindispensiblenaturaland environmental resources f0rbiologicalsubsistence．Thewaterresourceissueisnotonlyan issue ofresource and environmental security，but alSO an importna tstrategicissueconcerning acountryseconomicand social sustainabledevelopmentna d1ong—term politicalstabiliyt． China’SQinghai—TibetPlateauRegionisthesourceofanumber ofmaiorriversintheSouthAsianSubcontinent。Inrecentyeras theissueofwaterresourcesisraisedwith increasingfrequency inChina，sdiplomaticnegotiationswi th SouthAsina countriesin general and India in particular．W aterresourcescan serveasa catalystto intensify theexisting contradictionsbetween China na d India，but also a naturallink to strengthen strategic cooperationbetweenthewt ocountries． W aterresourcesecurityrefers，supposedly，tosuchastate：A11 countriesna dregionsintheworldhaveaccesstoclena na dsafe waterabovetheminimum demnadnotonlytosatisyftheneedof living na d production na d the proper protection ofnatural environment，but also to ensure avoidna ce ofwater—induced tensions，disputes，conflicts and even WraS among various countriesand regions in theworld．Thetemr “trna s—boundary ” waterresources inthisarticle {ustastheterm suggests，refer．s ， to water resources that cut across different political na d geographic boundaries， such as international rivers， LanJianxueiSaPh．D．atChinaInstituteofInternationalStudies 108 CHINAINTERNATIONALSTUDIES ·September／October2009 Sino-lndianCooperationOilWaterResourceSecurity internationallakesand international aquifers．They areunique products，neither totally controlled na d privately owned by a singlecountry asdomesticresources，norpurely public goods like the high seas， the seabed mineral resources， the electromag