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

China has granted approval for the development of the ‘world's largest hydropower dam’ in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, reported Reuters. The implications of this ...

The 300 billion kWh dam will run along 31 miles of the Yarlung Zangbo River, close to the Indian border, but the plans have raised concerns in the region about the environmental impact.

China's construction of a hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River has undergone rigorous scientific assessment, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun ...

The Yarlung Zangbo becomes the Brahmaputra river as it leaves Tibet and flows south into India's Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states and finally into Bangladesh. "The Chinese side has been urged to ...

Once completed, the dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet could produce as much as 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, more than tripling the capacity of the world’s biggest ...

The dam, located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo river, could annually produce 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, according to an estimate provided by the Power Construction ...

BEIJING -- The Chinese government has approved the construction of a hydropower project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River. The project will play a positive role in accelerating the ...

The dam, which will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, could produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, according to an estimate provided by the Power ...