With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...

But China’s Medog project on the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo river — the upstream part of the Brahmaputra river — is ...

Concerns swirling over China's recently approved plan to construct the world's largest hydroelectric dam in southern Tibet. It will be built on Tibet's longest river, the Yarlung Tsangpo, and could ...

Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy the waters.

The new $137-billion dam project could risk geological disasters and impact the flow of water from China to India ...

China plans to build the world’s largest dam on a river that originates in Tibet but flows down through India and Bangladesh ...

On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.

China’s proposed 60GW dam at the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet may have its roots in the country’s internal ...

The proposed dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, known as Brahmaputra in India, is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about three times the ...

The last week of 2024 brought news that the Chinese government had approved the construction of a hydropower dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river. The announcement has raised ...

Beijing's approval of a controversial mega dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows from Tibet autonomous region into India, has sparked concerns about the environmental ...