Beijing has approved plans to dam the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows from Tibet into India and Bangladesh, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

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 ...

Just weeks before the earthquake, Beijing had announced plans to build the world's 'largest' dam on the Brahmaputra river, known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. The $137 billion (Rs 11.69 lakh ...

in Tibet's Medog county", just before it enters Indian territory (where it's known as the Siang river). For all this "dam for a dam" water war, relations between the two nations along their ...

Meanwhile, China has built 193 dams, including the Yarlung Tsangpo megaproject, giving it unprecedented control over Asia’s water supply—a strategic weapon against India, Bangladesh, and Southeast ...

UK Minister Ed Miliband is travelling to Beijing next week to discuss green energy cooperation with the Chinese government ...

China has signaled plans for a hydropower project in Tibet along one of the region’s main rivers, fanning speculation of a mega-dam that would test its engineering and diplomatic nous. The ...

China has a plan to build the world's largest hydropower dam, breaking its own record held by the Three Gorges Dam, but India ...

Projects such as the US$59 billion Three Gorges Dam have been the focus of criticism ... project passes through northwest China’s Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, southwest China’s Sichuan ...