Water Wars—India, Pakistan, China Face Off Over Rivers Amid Climate Change | Statecraft Ep 133
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Three nuclear powers. Two river systems. One ticking climate bomb. In this explosive episode of Statecraft, we dive into the escalating water conflict between India, Pakistan, and China—where rivers are no longer just lifelines, but weapons of war.
After the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, threatening Pakistan’s lifeblood. Now, Pakistan warns of Chinese retaliation on the Brahmaputra. From the snowcaps of the Himalayas to the rice fields of Punjab and the floodplains of Assam, the battle for water is heating up.
But climate change is the real wild card. Melting glaciers, shifting monsoons, and vanishing river flows are pushing the region toward a catastrophic collapse.
👉 Who controls the tap?
👉 Is South Asia heading for a climate-fueled war?
👉 Can diplomacy catch up with a changing planet?
We break it all down—with sharp analysis, hard facts, and a wake-up call for a region on the brink.
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That's real rich when China already is doing the same thing to India in the Brahmaputra River. Second of all, if China continues to provoke India by sponsoring terrorism through Pakistan, there's going to be hell to pay.
GAO – Stop Singing the same song over and over . It gets boring . Your country and you support terrorism on innocent citizens , on civilians – because you are cowards . And without humane values .
Stop singing GAO ( GAO = Sing in hindi ) .
Wheels of fortune turns for all, if the Chinese stop water in Indus, Pakistan would suffer more than India
Stupid
People of Pakistan fight against Chinese more than india. Failed marshal & puppet politicians want friendship with Chinese
Only 30% water comes from tibet through Brahmaputra river. 70% water from Indian tributaries. 😂😂😂
PRC should supply purified sewage water to Punjabistan. Punjabi Muslims r willing to drink anything due to intense thirst. When PRC suffers dehydration, Pak's Punjab will supply its purified sewage water back to China. This is what we call a "true friendship ".
Get some new topic now.
Gao needs to be told that there’s an old Indian saying: “Practice what you preach.” Treat Tibetans and their resources the way China wants others to treat them.
Obviously China wants to own more and more of Pakistan’s land and resources too. They are not “iron clad brothers” because Islam and communism are like oil and water.
China had always supported terrorism all over the 🌎 with black money
China has alway uses dams in the area
CHINA 🇨🇳 MUST STOP ✋️ ALL WATER OF THE YALUNG ZANGBO FROM GOING INTO india. NO MERCY TO india.
What china is doing it from many years neither India sends terrorist to china. China is not a coutry palying by books will never play by rules of the earth so we donot care. Tibet is an occupied territory.
We donot share borders with china but Tibet.
Indians think are below humanity, when you want to abrogate Indus water treaty, you are right. No Chinese said to you they will stop your waters, they just warned you start crying, just Mr Victor Gao said don't do with other which you don't like for yourself. It is dirty mind of BJP and RSS Hindutwa Agenda follower they want to stop Pakistani water. We shall occupy Indian Occupied Kashmir if you Cowardice people didn't release our water.
You an real crooks that you occupied tibet for it's Himalayan mountains water..thats all communist Chinese robbers.. why you Chinese blocked mekong river by building more than 10 huge dams in Yunnan.n laos. Also Myanmar river ..so better mind your own business rather than interfering India s internal matter.
China supports terrorism. What a shame . 😂😂 India does not need china and its current leaders. 😂 It is a shame china is a 1000 year old civilisation and their lunatic leaders support terrorism .😂
Chinese have and are still doing it is not new only different is there is someone following now.
Not China – Tibet is the upper stream Country currently under Chinese occupation
Instead of preaching india , Vietnam Thailand, Laos suffer water crisis from China,
80% water is from arunachal pradesh
Any how bangladesh is lying below india
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