You've always had the option to do this, it's nothing new.
However play dirty then the Chinese will f*ck you so hard you can't imagine.
Now, it has emerged that China is charging India millions of dollars for hydrological information on transboundary rivers. 
t appears that the country is now using water diplomacy to supplement its military endeavors in the region.
The Brahmaputra river accounts for close to 30 percent of India’s freshwater resources and about 44 percent of its total hydropower potential.
China provides data from the three hydrological stations at Nugesha, Yangcun, and Nuxia on the Yarlung Zangbo river from May 15 to October 15, and from Tsada on the Langqen Zangbod from June 1 to October 15 every year.
The information provided is significant for India for preparing for flood control and disaster management.
In 2019, professor Nimmi Kurian of the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research (CPR) revealed that in the absence of an institutional mechanism, India had to pay close to Rs 8.2 million to China every year for accessing water information from the Brahmaputra every year. 
Recently, The Quint published a report citing Central Government data revealing that India paid close to Rs 158 million so far to China for hydrological information on the Sutlej
“In terms of the money, the MOU suggests that India pay for the reading for the monsoon. That is the payment India has to make because people have to go to the specific area and measure the water.
China, which is home to 40 major transboundary rivers, ranks fourth in global freshwater reserves. Still, it faces severe water scarcity and has the second-lowest per capita water supply of any country in the world, according to some studies. Being the upper riparian state, China has a distinct...
eurasiantimes.com
So India is literally paying millions to China for them not to f*ck them due to water scarcity hahahahahahaha.
Yet we have Indian nationalists in here trying to say India has up the upper hand and will now turn the screws on Pakistan even though China is screwing them now. You can't make it up.
The best part is here;
In their book, China’s International Transboundary Rivers, writers Lei Xie and Shaofeng Jia highlight that the country has engaged in a number of diplomatic initiatives with the Mekong countries to allow trust-building with these lower riparian nations. This includes consultation, information sharing, disaster control, and biodiversity protection.
So this is all from the good will of China. Imagine how they will treat Indian when it's very own strategic ally is threatened by India's sanghis filth. Bye bye water and welcome desert.
