This is no ordinary project. First proposed in the 1990s and later elevated to national priority in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, the Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower station is widely seen as the country’s ...

China defends its Yarlung Zangbo River hydropower project, claiming it's within its sovereignty, despite concerns from India, ...

The project will consist of five cascade hydro-power stations, requiring a total estimated investment of approximately $167 ...

China has started building the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet, raising concerns among India, Bangladesh, and ...

Biodiversity is critical to humanity's sustainable future, but global species extinction is accelerating due to environmental ...

At over 4,000 metres above sea level on the Yarlung Tsangpo, Tibet’s sacred river that becomes the Brahmaputra in India, the ...

Using the dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo to share electricity could carry ‘significant strategic value’ for Beijing, analysts say ...

Satellite imagery gives a glimpse of the site where China has commenced construction on what will become the world's largest ...

The dam will be built on Tibet’s longest river and despite concerns from India, Bangladesh and Tibetan rights groups, it has ...

China has started construction of what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam. Chinese Premier Li Qiang on July 19 led a ...

The Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in Tibet, envisioned to be bigger than the Three Gorges Dam, threatens a uniquely ...

China has claimed that the gargantuan Yarlung Tsangpo dam is aimed to bolster the country's energy independence as the ...