When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...

The earthquake's epicentre was about 80 ... temples and mosques and killed over 3,000 people in Tibet and more than 1,000 in Assam, India. In the hardest-hit areas, mountains shifted and ...

With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...

A series of six earthquakes, including a major one measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, struck the Tibetan region near the Nepal border on Tuesday morning, leaving a trail of destruction. The quakes, ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes in the region was the 1950 Tibet and neighboring Assam (India) earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.6. It was one of the strongest earthquakes of the 20th century ...

The largest earthquake in the Lhasa block since ... temples and mosques and killed over 3,000 people in Tibet and more than 1,000 in Assam, India. In the hardest-hit areas, mountains shifted ...

Millions could be without water as Tibet is set to become home to the world ... The Yarlung Zangbo becomes India's Arunachal Pradesh and Assam river before flowing into Bangladesh.

It has been widely reported that China has approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Tsangpo river. When the river ...