In response to China’s ambitious hydropower project, India has expressed concern, noting that it is monitoring the situation ...

Close-up view of the Yarlung Zangbo River and Mount Namjagbarwa. This footage was filmed by Mr. Gasong, in Qushui, Lhasa, ...

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

China’s recently approved a proposal to build a 60-giga-watt dam at the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet has sent shockwaves in India. The highly reactive and securitised ...

China’s planned dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River, which becomes the Brahmaputra downstream, has further amplified these concerns. The hydropower project, estimated to cost USD 137 billion, is touted to ...

Tectonic activity in the region could make the site hazardous though analysis is needed to determine specific risks at the site on the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo river, said Wolfgang ...

Mainling is located in the lower reaches of Tibet’s Yarlung Zangbo river where China is planning to build the world’s largest hydropower dam. A magnitude 7.8 tremor struck near Nepal’s capital ...