China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the "project of the century." But the dam could also create a big problem for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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High in the Himalayas, up in the outer reaches of Tibet, China is building what is expected to be the world's largest hydropower project. Costing an estimated $167 billion, the enormous hydropower ...

With a projected investment more than quadruple that of the Three Gorges Dam, which cost 250 billion yuan (£26 billion), the Medog Hydropower Station represents one of China's most ambitious and most ...

After Beijing granted authorization in December, construction on what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam has now begun. The site is located along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southeastern ...

HONG KONG, July 23 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Beijing is digging into the past to unleash a 1.2 trillion yuan ($170 billion) stimulus. Construction started in Tibet over the weekend on one of the world ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's Premier Li Qiang announced construction had begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau, at an estimated ...