China is taking control of the flow of Southeast Asia's most important river through a dam-building "spree", US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Wednesday, as water levels along the Mekong reach record lows.
Thefamous waterway starts in
China and twists south through parts of
Thailand, Laos,
Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam, feeding 60 million people through its basin and tributaries.
Pompeo said Chinese plans for the river, which include the blasting and dredging of waterbeds, represent "troubling trends".