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The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed.
China has started construction of the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam, a project that’s set to be far larger than the Three ...
China's Premier Li Qiang announced construction had begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, on the eastern ...
China's new massive hydropower dam on the Tibetan Plateau, projected to cost $170 billion, has sparked both economic optimism ...
China's Three Gorges Dam could be slowing down Earth's rotation, according to NASA scientists. The reservoir in central China, considered the largest dam in the world, allows water from the ...
BEIJING, July 19: China started building a mega-dam Saturday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li ...
China has initiated construction of an enormous USD 167.8 billion dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, near the Indian ...
To the Editor: "Dispute Over a Dam on the Scenic Yangtze" (Science Times, Jan. 21), on Chinese Government plans to construct the world's largest hydroelectric dam at Three Gorges, points out that ...
A Warning Comes At a Sept. 25 meeting, top officials in charge of the Three Gorges Project warned that without preventive measures, the dam could cause an ecological catastrophe.
A scathing report on corruption at the company that built China's $59-billion Three Gorges dam, the world's biggest hydropower scheme, has reignited public anger over a project funded through a ...
Jonathan Spence article reviews work on huge Three Gorges Dam project, which is to tame mighty Yangtze River and end floods that have devastated China for centuries; 40,000 workers are now ...