Without greater transparency on the part of China and cooperative frameworks, this dam could become a flashpoint in an ...

China has tried to reassure India over its plans for a mega dam in the Tibetan Plateau, which has prompted fears it will ...

On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...

Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised ...

The region is crossed by fault lines like the Main Himalayan Thrust and the Brahmaputra Suture Zone, making it highly vulnerable ... earthquake’s epicentre to the Brahmaputra, known as Yarlung Zangbo ...

The Lhasa block is a key geological region in southern Tibet, bounded by the Bangong-Nujiang suture zone in the north and the Indus Yarlung Zangbo suture zone in the south, reports India Today.

BEIJING, 6 Jan: China on Monday reiterated its plan to build the world’s biggest dam over the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet near the Indian border, saying the planned project has gone through rigorous ...

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 ...

China is the uppermost riparian nation with the river system originating in the TAR, where it is known as the Yarlung Zangbo (or Tsangpo). India and Bhutan are lower riparian nations in relation ...

the Chinese embassy said Saturday China has always been "responsible for the development of cross-border rivers" and its hydropower development in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River ...