China authorizes controversial hydropower project in landslide-prone region of Tibet
China approved the world's largest hydropower project to begin construction, citing the economic benefits and need to shift ...
This Controversial Chinese Dam Is So Big It Messed With the Planet
The Three Gorges Dam in China is a structure so huge that it controls one of the world's most powerful rivers—and even ...
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How a vast digital twin of the Yangtze River could prevent flooding in China
shifts in rainfall patterns and landscape use have led to a rise in the frequency and severity of droughts and floods. For example, the hydropower company China Yangtze Power, based in Beijing ...
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Was China’s mega dam announcement a trial balloon?
In April 2004, The New York Times announced that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao “unexpectedly suspended plans for a massive dam system on the Nu (Salween) River in western China that scientists had ...