Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

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One of the largest and most remarkable human-made structures in the world, China’s Three Gorges Dam, has achieved feats far beyond energy production. This colossal dam, built on the Yangtze ...

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By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and Suhasini Raj Step aside, Three Gorges Dam. China’s latest colossal infrastructure project, if completed, will be the world’s largest hydropower dam ...

China has approved the construction of what will become the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet. Located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, it could generate three times more ...

China will launch a one-kilometer-long renewable energy station into space, capable of generating in one year the equivalent ...

The Three Gorges Dam in China is often praised as a marvel of modern engineering, but according to NASA, this colossal ...