The dam, the biggest ever conceived, also holds geopolitical risks given its location next to the disputed and heavily militarized China-India border. Indeed, the mammoth dam is being built just ...

BEIJING — Authorities in central China blew up a dam Sunday to release the surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores of lives. State ...

China has announced plans to build the world's biggest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsanpo river, generating even more energy than the Three Gorges Dam ... to 'yaaron ka yaar' Shut for ...

The Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture government said a landslide along the Qingjiang River increased the threat of dam failure there, according to the Global Times. China’s ...

CHINA has given the green light to plans for the world's largest hydropower dam, despite protests from neighbouring countries. Millions could be without water as Tibet is set to become home to the ...

Languages: English. China has approved the construction of a hydropower dam in Tibet that is set to be the largest of its kind in the world once complete. The 300 billion kWh dam will run along 31 ...

Reporting from Yichang, China — White-haired Zhao Chengmu lives just below the Three Gorges Dam, China’s largest construction project since the Great Wall. If the colossal structure fails ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, which could affect nearby countries. By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and ...

Downstream countries have reason to be concerned. The dam will be built close to China’s border with India. The Yarlung Zangbo, known outside China as the Yarlung Tsangpo, becomes the ...

Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydropower project ever built. When construction began in 1994, it was designed not only to generate electricity to propel China’s breakneck economic growth ...

Send tips or suggestions to Aadil at a.brar@newsweek.com. China appears to have completed the construction of a new dam in the country's southwestern border regions, a project that could have far ...

Downstream countries have reason to be concerned. The dam will be built close to China’s border with India. The Yarlung Zangbo, known outside China as the Yarlung Tsangpo, becomes the ...