Construction has officially commenced on what is set to become the world's largest hydropower dam, China's premier Li Qiang announced on July 19. Located on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau, the ...

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 ...

China begins construction of a mega dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River: a colossal project that is raising fears downstream in ...

China is building the largest power plant the world has ever seen, in a very remote corner of Tibet. But the $167 billion hydropower dam has environmentalists and neighbouring countries concerned. On ...

This story was originally published by New Security Beat on July 17, 2025. For decades, China has been the dominant force in hydropower development across the Mekong subregion, financing, and ...

China has begun construction on what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, a facility with a projected annual generation capacity of 300 billion kWh of electricity—nearly three times the ...

Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition When Chinese Premier Li Qiang broke ground on the world’s most ambitious dam – the Medog Hydropower Station on the Yarlung Tsangpo River ...

STUNG TRENG, Cambodia, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Loem Houng, a 47-year-old Cambodian man, has become one of dozens of power engineers at the Lower Sesan II hydropower station here after having worked for the ...

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 ...