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

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 ...

The Tibetan river being dammed, the Yarlung Tsangpo, flows into neighboring India ... the dam will be in Medog County in Tibet, in a steep canyon where the river makes a horseshoe turn known ...

China’s state news agency recently announced government approval for constructing the world’s largest hydropower project, ...

The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in Nyingchi city, in China's western Tibet Autonomous Region, in this March 2021 photograph. | AFP China’s decision in December to greenlight the construction of ...

The geological instability and the likelihood of geological disasters in the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon are much higher than those of other rivers in western China, where we've seen plenty of ...

“The geological instability and the likelihood of geological disasters in the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon are much higher than those of other rivers in western China, where we’ve seen plenty of ...

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

The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River is expected to be the world’s largest hydroelectric project, but it has caused serious concern about the impact on the Brahmaputra – as it is known ...