India and China’s Brahmaputra dam race is fuelling an energy–data rivalry, turning the Himalayas into a flashpoint of Asia’s ...

China has started building a mega-dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, which could become the world’s largest source of hydroelectric power when completed, according to Chinese officials. The ...

News: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday if China were to reduce the water flow of the Brahmaputra, it would benefit the state and help it mitigate the devastating annual floods.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has announced the formal launch of a massive hydroelectric project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. To mark the occasion, a groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 19 ...

If China’s damming of the Brahmaputra is allowed to go unchecked, it will soon be able to bend much of Asia to its will through control of water resources, warns Chandu Doddi.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale e360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China has announced plans to build the world’s largest hydroelectric project ...

NEW DELHI As China pushes ahead with its ambitious plan to build a $16.7 billion mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known as the Brahmaputra in India, concerns have inevitably surged about the possible ...

BEIJING/NEW DELHI (IANS)- China on July 19 officially began construction on a mega dam project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo — the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River — in Tibet. This ...

On December 25, 2024, Chinese state media Xinhua reported that the country had officially approved the construction of what will be the world largest hydro-dam with annual capacity of 60 gigawatts (GW ...

China is doing it again and building something extraordinary. People depend on rivers’ constant flow to power their industries, water their crops, and light their homes all across the world. Massive ...

It's impossible that anyone who has taken a train to Guwahati and crossed the Saraighat Bridge hasn't been left amazed by the width of the Brahmaputra. It looks like the sea. Just to imagine that the ...

Tibet project estimated at 60GW would be nearly three times the size of China's Three Gorges Dam, pictured above, which began operating in 2006. Photo: "ThreeGorgesDam-China2009" by Le Grand Portage ...