The dam will be built close to China’s border with India. The Yarlung Zangbo, known outside China as the Yarlung Tsangpo, ...

China has a questionable record when it comes to building and maintaining giant dams. In August 1975, the Banqiao Dam and 61 others throughout Henan, China collapsed following the landfall of Typhoon ...

China’s dam empire is crumbling—literally and figuratively. In 1949, the People’s Republic had a handful of major dams. By 2025, Water Resources Minister Li Guoying boasted of nearly 95,000 ...

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 ...

After years of speculation, China last month announced it would build what it described as the world’s largest hydropower dam in its Tibet region—a $137-billion megaproject nearly three times ...

Devastating rains have struck Chongqing municipality in southwest China with the Three Gorges Dam on high alert for a new round of flooding. Six people deaths had been recorded as a result of ...

China's ambitious plan to build a mega-hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra river poses serious downstream implications for neighboring countries.

In our news wrap Thursday, Ukraine says Russian shelling disrupted rescue efforts for victims of the dam collapse, the Biden administration dismissed reports that Cuba may let China set up an ...

China’s latest massive dam project could be a weapon in disguise by Gordon G. Chang, opinion contributor - 01/15/25 10:30 AM ET ...

The dam will be built close to China’s border with India. The Yarlung Zangbo, known outside China as the Yarlung Tsangpo, becomes the Brahmaputra when it flows into India’s Arunachal Pradesh.