The Irtysh River in the hydro policy of Russia, Kazakhstan and China

... flood disasters and man-made accidents”. Article 4 is ambiguous: “None of the parties shall limit the other party to rationally use and protect water resources of transboundary rivers, taking into account mutual interests”. Scarlett Tu / Flickr Irtysh, China As you can see, China has fundamentally different approaches as to the use of transboundary water bodies, and to the joint management of these facilities with another state. The bilateral agreements signed by China state only the possibility of ...