By embarking on building a super-dam, the largest ever conceived, in the seismically active Sino-Indian border region, China is potentially creating a ticking water bomb for millions of people living ...

What would happen if the Three Gorges Dam suddenly failed? From mass flooding to economic ruin, we break down the terrifying consequences of a potential dam disaster in China. Could this be one of the ...

Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

China’s state news agency recently announced government approval for constructing the world’s largest hydropower project, boasting a generation capacity three t ...

Aerial photo of peach blossoms along the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, April ...

But China has said little about the project ... Experts say the massive excavation involved in dam construction could make such disasters more likely. It is hard to know how the project is ...

On December 25, China approved the construction of ... pointed out that the dam’s location in a disaster-prone region makes the river basin vulnerable to landslides, earthquakes, and flash ...

China views the dam as a means to maximise its utilisation ... nations like India and Bangladesh would bear the brunt of any disaster. Compounding these concerns is China’s longstanding ...