But China’s Medog project on the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo river — the upstream part of the Brahmaputra river — is ...
With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...
Beijing announced construction of a dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra weeks after a reported thaw in frosty China-India bilateral relations.
Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy the waters.
On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.
China plans to build the world’s largest dam on a river that originates in Tibet but flows down through India and Bangladesh ...
China’s proposed 60GW dam at the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet may have its roots in the country’s internal ...
In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...
Hydropower project on Yarlung Tsangpo River could get unprecedented investment to tackle daunting engineering challenges.
The new $137-billion dam project could risk geological disasters and impact the flow of water from China to India ...
Beijing's approval of a controversial mega dam in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows from Tibet autonomous region into India, has sparked concerns about the environmental ...