China has signaled plans for a hydropower project in Tibet along one of the region’s main rivers, fanning speculation of a ...

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 ...

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.

Chinese officials and media have declared that the day will be a “people-centric project aimed at enriching the people and promoting Tibet’s development.” The hydropower dam’s construction ...

Since 2009, at least 159 Tibetans have resorted to self-immolation, a desperate act of protest against China’s severe ...

The location of China’s proposed dam poses a risk of disrupting the river’s natural flow, raising concerns in India over its ...

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 ...

China’s continued push for dams on Tibetan rivers is a direct result of its growing demands for not only water for drinking and other purposes but also electricity amid shrinking resources.

Lawmakers from Tibet have hailed recent economic progress and vowed to keep "high pressure" on alleged separatists in the ...

Taking note of China’s announcement of a mega dam project approved on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra) river in the Tibet Autonomous Region ...

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 ...

At least four people were killed after an avalanche trapped dozens of construction workers in the northern Indian state of ...