Beijing’s mega-dam on Tsangpo River threatens Tibet as much as India and Bangladesh
When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...
China’s Large and Mysterious Dam Project Is Alarming Neighbors and Experts
The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...
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China goes too far in turning water into energy: It’s causing earthquakes in Tibet
China's overuse of water energy is triggering earthquakes in Tibet. The massive dam digging is triggering earthquakes and ...
Is China's mega dam project a geopolitical weapon under the guise of development?
China’s state news agency recently announced government approval for constructing the world’s largest hydropower project, ...
Hindustan Times29d
India’s condolence message on Tibet quake makes no reference to China
Ninety-five people were killed and 130 others were injured after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near Shigatse. New Delhi: The Indian government on Tuesday ...
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Y Nithiyanandam on the Risks of China’s Ambitious Yarlung Tsangpo Project
Without greater transparency on the part of China and cooperative frameworks, this dam could become a flashpoint in an ...
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I was 10 when my father paid a smuggler to take me out of Tibet
I was born in Kham, in eastern Tibet, my parents’ first born. A brother and sister followed, and the five of us lived with ...
China's large and mysterious dam project on Brahmaputra is alarming not just India but also experts
China is building the world's largest hydropower dam, the Motuo Hydropower Station, in Tibet near the Indian border. This ...
India-China relations: A river runs through it
The India-China conversation on water has, over the years, merely skimmed the surface, unable, and often unwilling, to wade ...
The Independent28d
At least 126 killed in 7.1-magnitude Tibet earthquake as tremors felt across multiple countries
Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ... the spiritual leader who has lived in exile in India since a failed anti-Chinese uprising in 1959. Western governments and human rights ...
Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120, striking near holy Buddhist city
The China Earthquake Networks Centre located the epicentre at Tingri county, known as the northern gateway to the Everest ...
Hundreds rescued as search for quake survivors continues in Tibet
More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in a remote part of western China.