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 ...

The Xizang autonomous region will incorporate six regions enriched with unique natural landscapes and abundant biodiversity ...

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

Lhasa, China - November 09, 2024 Close-up view of the Yarlung Zangbo River and Mount Namjagbarwa. This footage was filmed by Mr. Gasong, in Qushui, Lhasa, Xizang, at 17:03, on November 9 ...

On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo. The project, which will generate an estimated 300 billion kilowatt hours of ...

NEW DELHI – A thaw in ties may be under way between India and China, but the latter’s plans to construct what has been dubbed the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo river ...

The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Nyingchi city in Tibet Autonomous Region in China, March 28, 2021. [AFP] China’s long-term plans to divert major rivers are also contentious and have faced domestic ...

In a map featured by South China Morning Post from the open-source OpenStreetMap, the hair-raising proximity of the earthquake’s epicentre to the Brahmaputra, known as Yarlung Zangbo in Mandarin, the ...