China ‘taking control’ of vital Mekong river through dam-building spree, Mike Pompeo warns

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 on Wednesday, as water levels along the Mekong reach record lows.The famous 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.But environmental groups fear Beijing-backed dams straddling the river upstream will destroy fish stocks…