China's mega-dam strategy: Upstream control, downstream impacts
On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...
China’s Medog Dam on the Brahmaputra: Renewable ambition or geopolitical gamble?
China unveiled plans for what could become the world’s largest hydropower project, the Medog Dam, on the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, known as the Brahmaputra in India. This announcement was far from ...
National Herald11dOpinion
China’s bid to tame a ‘rogue’ river
In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...
Al Jazeera on MSN4d
‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.
The Hindu23d
The implications of China’s mega-dam project | Explained
What explains the hydropower dam-building race in the Brahmaputra river basin? There is a face-off between China and India on the Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra river course. China has announced the ...
The Daily Mirror22d
Setback in Sino-Indian relations due to fresh territorial and water disputes
The Yarlung Zangbo of Tibet becomes Brahmaputra in India and Jamuna in ... A large part of the Tibetan component of the basin, i.e. the longer stretch of the Yarlung Zangbo river is located ...