The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

China has approved the construction of a hydropower dam in Tibet that is set to be the largest of its kind in the world once complete. The 300 billion kWh dam will run along 31 miles of the ...

For all this "dam for a dam" water war, relations between the two nations along their disputed Himalayan border are not ...

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

On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet at a site near the "Great Bend" close to the ...

A big worry is that the dam will diminish the flow of water into India — China may build a monstrous reservoir and divert the water to other parts of that country. Lt Gen Palepu Ravi Shankar ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is a jaw-dropping feat of modern engineering, famous for its hydroelectric power. But there’s a lesser-known twist: it might be subtly tweaking Earth’s rotation.

On December 25th Xinhua, the state-run news agency, reported that China had approved plans to build the world’s largest hydroelectric dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo, which flows ...

Despite local protests, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam – the world’s largest – upstream in Tibet. Millions of people in India and Bangladesh ...