In his book on the Chinese Tang-era poet Du Fu, Wood takes the reader on a journey through China's past and present and ...

Dam for a dam. On December 25, 2024, Xinhua, the official state news agency of China said the Chinese government had approved plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam in Medog county, which, when built, ...

The project’s location in the seismically active Tibetan Plateau adds to concerns, as a structural failure could have consequences for millions of people in India and Bangladesh. ... is expected to ...

Raising global concerns, the Three Gorges Dam is showing signs of deformation, sparking fears about its long-term stability. As one of the largest engineering projects ever built, any structural ...

Medog County, with a population of around 14,000, may see fewer displacements compared to the 1.4 million uprooted by the Three Gorges Dam, but even limited relocation carries profound consequences.

This comparison is primarily fueled by claims that the proposed dam’s capacity would be three times larger than that of the Three Gorges Dam, leading to significant speculation about the project ...

The failure of the Banqiao Dam in China in 1975, which caused massive floods, and the ongoing impact of the Three Gorges Dam on the ecology and sediment flow should also be taken into consideration.

One notable example is the Oroville Dam in California. After a spillway failure in 2017 caused widespread damage and led to evacuations, the dam incorporated advanced monitoring systems that leverage ...

According to estimates, the planned project would dwarf China’s Three Gorges Dam — the world’s largest — and generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.