China is facing a devastating combination of floods, heatwaves, and man-made disasters, fueled not by nature—but by decades of reckless hydropower expansion. With over 94,000 dams—many poorly maintained or structurally compromised—China is turning floods into catastrophes. The July 2025 Beijing flood was made worse by the dangerously mismanaged Miyun Reservoir. Meanwhile, Xi Jinping has launched the world’s most ambitious dam project in Tibet—not to meet power needs, but to reclaim political prestige. Experts warn it threatens one of the world’s most fragile ecosystems. China’s dam obsession reveals a deadly mix of vanity, corruption, and regime survival strategy.1. The great flood of 2025 in Beijing2. The Yarlung Tsangpo Hydropower Project
