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 ...

Step aside, Three Gorges Dam. China's latest colossal infrastructure project, if completed, will be the world's largest hydropower dam, high up in the Tibetan plateau on the border with India.

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect ...

China has a plan so fantastical that it sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. The Asian country intends to install a solar farm in space. One scientist has compared it to building a Three ...

A study of the Chinese media over the years indicates that the construction of a single mega dam was abandoned well before the latest announcement in favour of a more elaborate project ...

India is building a giant hydropower dam near the Siang river to counter ... What's needed is a "comprehensive water-sharing agreement between China and India", said Rouhin Deb in The Indian ...

Several dams and hydropower projects in northeastern states are facing opposition mainly because of the likely environmental impacts due to climate change. India has taken cognisance of China’s ...

The Three Gorges Dam, China’s marvel on the Yangtze River, is one of the world’s largest engineering projects—the product of 37 million cubic yards of concrete. Its final feature ...