On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...

With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...

China plans to build the world’s largest dam on a river that originates in Tibet but flows down through India and Bangladesh ...

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

Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...

Notably, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is so big that American space agency NASA claimed it affected Earth's ...

India’s concerns over the mega dam include Chinese control over the flow of water to India, threat to ecological balance and ...

While Beijing insisted that tapping the potential of the Yarlung Tsangpo River was a matter of sovereignty, Ni said a mega dam at the Great Bend may effectively put China in a favourable position ...

Chief Shekhar Gupta examines how the 2 lower riparian states face multiple risks from China's control of Brahmaputra's upper ...

But now, a US$137 billion hydropower project – the largest of its kind ever attempted – threatens to turn its waters into a new front in the rivalry between China and India. Approved last ...