When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

The severe damage to dams in a seismically active region highlights the fault-lines in Beijing’s approach of prioritising ...

Tibet’s southeastern region is earthquake-prone because it sits on the geological fault line where the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate collide. Building the huge dam close to this fault line ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

the death toll from the earthquake has risen to 126, while freezing temperatures make rescue difficult. Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – China has set its eyes on Tibet as a place for dam ...

“This mega dam is supposed to produce three times ... “We do have some contact with the people in Tibet because the earthquake happened quite close to Nepal and many of the relatives also ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 ... region's projects were at risk of moderate to severe damage in a future earthquake. China says the dam will play a major role ...

Tibetan Government-in-Exile President Sikyong Penpa Tsering spoke at the Tezu Dhargyeling Tibetan Settlement on January 27 ...

Tibetan Government-in-Exile President, Penpa Tsering, raised concerns over China's mega-dam on the Brahmaputra River during ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake ... the lower reaches of Tibet's Yarlung Zangbo river where China is planning to build the world's largest hydropower dam.