China has begun building the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Tibetan plateau, with Dongfang Electric and Xizang Tianlu ...

China has broken ground on what it says will be the world’s largest hydropower project, a $170bn feat capable of generating ...

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

China defends construction of Brahmaputra dam, allays India and Bangladesh concerns, assures no negative impact on downstream ...

The location in the remote and sparsely populated Tibetan borderlands has the potential to cause environmental and political ...

Once constructed, it will be the world's largest hydropower dam. Its size and scale could also enable Beijing to release large amounts of water that could flood border areas on the Indian side.

A campaign framing the Brahmaputra as a shared heritage could pressure China. India should invest in modernising irrigation, ...

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

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 ...

The announcement of the development of a dam on the Brahmaputra River has raised serious concerns for India and Bangladesh.

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

NEW DELHI As China pushes ahead with its ambitious plan to build a $16.7 billion mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known as ...