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

When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

This is very close to the Indian border post, which is just five kilometres away in Gelling, Upper Siang, 5.75 kilometres from Gelling village, 1.62 kilometres from the McMahon Line, and 35 kilometres ...

Less than an hour's drive from downtown Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, there lies the Yani national wetland park, where the Yarlung Zangbo River and its tributary Nyang River ...

this dam would dwarf the Three Gorges Dam, which is currently the largest in the world generating 88.2 billion kWh, three times over. The proposed Dam will be in the Mêdog county of Nyingchi ...

Workers are seen on railway tracks at a bridge over Yarlung Tsangpo river as they work on the construction of the railroad linking Lhasa and Nyingchi, in Tibet Autonomous Region, China, November 26, ...

It distinctively contrasts against the vast green backdrop of Metog county of Nyingchi in the Xizang autonomous region. Stepping inside, people are immediately drawn into a fascinating world of ...

China's announcement made global news as it was cited as the world's largest infrastructure project due to its estimated cost of ~$137 billion. Since 2015, The Wire has fearlessly delivered ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - India's foreign ministry said on Friday that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China's plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo ...

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But experts and activists say the impact will be significant at the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Nyingchi city and that China could use the dam to promote its interests. It will almost certainly ...