A sunset scenery of Luang Prabang on the riverside of Mekong River in Laos. - Xinhua
BANGKOK, Oct 25 (Reuters): China has signed an agreement with the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to share year-round data on the flow of its portion of the vital waterway amid concern that Chinese dams may be causing drought downstream in South-East Asia.
A push for more data from China's portion of the Mekong River - which Beijing calls the Lancang River - intensified this year after U.S. government criticism that 11 Chinese dams were "hoarding" water and hurting livelihoods downstream, an accusation Beijing denies.
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