China has approved what is set to become the biggest hydropower dam complex in the world, capable of producing nearly three ...
The project has stoked concerns about displacement and environmental impact downstream in India and Bangladesh.
The Medog Dam will be built across the Brahmaputra river and is expected to generate an enormous 300 billion kilowatt-hours ...
On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.
China is now the world’s most dammed country, with more large dams in operation than the rest of the world combined.
China’s unapologetic announcement in December 2024 to go ahead with the construction of a massive $137 billion dam on the ...
Beijing announced construction of a dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra weeks after a reported thaw in frosty China-India bilateral relations.
The Chinese government granted approval to build the Medog Hydropower Station on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo ...
But what is known is that the project will be built on a section referred to as the Grand Canyon, or the "Great Bend", on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo. According to a 2020 estimate by ...
The mega project that will grant Beijing control over the Brahmaputra must catalyse cooperation among downstream countries, ...
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand canyon, is the world's deepest [Getty Images] China has constructed multiple hydropower stations along the course of the ...