China’s state news agency recently announced government approval for constructing the world’s largest hydropower project, ...
Without greater transparency on the part of China and cooperative frameworks, this dam could become a flashpoint in an ...
The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...
Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...
The river is only partially responsible for carving out the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon. The region sits on tectonic plates and suffers regular earthquakes. It's also one of the deepest canyons ...
High on the Tibetan Plateau, the Yarlung Tsangpo River roars through the world’s deepest canyon, plunging nearly 8,000 metres (26,250ft) before crossing into India as the Brahmaputra.
A gigantic hydroelectric project is predicted to provide power for more than 300 million homes when it is completed - but it comes at an eye-watering cost ...
China is building the world's largest hydropower dam, the Motuo Hydropower Station, in Tibet near the Indian border. This ...
Indeed, the mammoth dam is being built just before the Himalayan river Yarlung Tsangpo (known downstream as the Brahmaputra) enters India. Sketchy reports in Chinese state media last month about ...