In 2011, Myanmar suspended a giant China-backed dam after public outrage; it now plans to restart a project that could flood an area the size of Singapore

Ethnic Kachin people visit Myitsone, the confluence of the Mali and Nmai rivers, outside Myitkyina, capital city of Kachin state, Myanmar Fourteen years after public protests forced construction to stop, Myanmar is preparing to restart the $3.6 billion (£2.8 billion) Myitsone hydropower project in Kachin State. The China-backed dam would create a reservoir roughly the size of Singapore and generate up to 6 gigawatts (GW) of electricity. The administration led by military chief and president Min Aung Hlaing wants the project completed within eight years. Reuters reported on 1 July that the plan had been discussed privately by officials, including…