China’s Super-Dam Is Becoming a Water Bomb - The Tribune

China’s super-dam is becoming a water bomb - The Tribune

THE world's largest dam is coming up in one of the world's most geopolitically treacherous and seismically unstable regions. Just a few kilometres from the heavily militarised border with India, China is constructing a hydropower project in Tibet on the Yarlung Tsangpo, the world's highest-altitude major river, better known as the Brahmaputra.

China’s Super-Dam Is Becoming an Upstream Water Bomb

The latest evidence suggests that the Chinese scientific establishment understands the dangers of a planned Himalayan dam—the world's largest—more clearly than its political leadership is willing to acknowledge. With the livelihoods of two billion people at stake, the international community needs to weigh in.

Nepal Floods Revive Fears of China’s Monstrous Brahmaputra Dam ‘Water Bomb’

Nepal’s deadly flash floods have reignited debate over China’s colossal Medog hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, with...