Satellite imagery gives a glimpse of the site where China has commenced construction on what will become the world's largest dam and China's most ambitious infrastructure project since the Three Gorges Dam. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Power Construction Corporation of China via email for comment outside of office hours.

China said it has talked with countries downstream about its new dam project in Tibet, a massive undertaking that will affect a key source of water for India and Bangladesh. “China has carried out cooperation on hydrology reporting, flood prevention and ...

China has officially launched construction of what experts call the world’s largest hydropower project, a colossal dam on the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) in southeastern Tibet.