Al Jazeera English14d
‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
The new mega-dam in Medog county over the Yarlung Zangbo will dwarf even the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world’s largest hydro dam, in central China. Beijing says that the project will be ...
China’s Medog Dam on the Brahmaputra: Renewable ambition or geopolitical gamble?
China unveiled plans for what could become the world’s largest hydropower project, the Medog Dam, on the lower Yarlung Zangbo River, known as the Brahmaputra in India. This announcement was far from ...
Dam vs dam: Project in Arunachal to take on China ‘water bomb’
India is set to build its largest hydropower dam on the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh to counter China's construction ...
China and India's dam war in the Himalayas
For all this "dam for a dam" water war, relations between the two nations along their disputed Himalayan border are not ...
China's mega-dam strategy: Upstream control, downstream impacts
On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha10d
China, India must consider Bangladesh’s interests while constructing dams: Rizwana
China recently approved the construction of the world's largest dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet's Medog County, near ...
The Straits Times29d
India fears China may use Tibet hydropower dam to flood border areas if disputes flare up
Fears about the dam on the Yarlung Zangbo are overblown, maintained Professor Zhang Jiadong, director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at Fudan University. He noted that all hydropower ...
The Sun28d
China building world’s BIGGEST DAM in controversial $137bn megaproject – but it’s in a high-risk earthquake zone
China is planning more hydropower projects upstream of the Yarlung Zangbo to continue its hydropower generation. The new dam aims to be completed by 2060 to help China achieve its net zero emissions.
Philippine Daily Inquirer29d
India fears China may use Tibet hydropower dam to flood border areas
Fears about the dam on the Yarlung Zangbo are overblown, maintained Professor Zhang Jiadong, director of the Centre for South Asian Studies at Fudan University. He noted that all hydropower ...
The Hill22d
China’s latest massive dam project could be a weapon in disguise
On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest ... “China’s hydropower development in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River aims to speed up developing clean ...