U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan will visit New Delhi on Jan. 5-6 and Washington expects discussions about the impact of Chinese upstream dams with Indian counterparts during the visit, a ...

But starting in 2012, when the larger of China’s upper Mekong hydropower dams came online, the model and the river level readings started to diverge most years, coinciding with periods of the Chinese ...

On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.

Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised ...

Days after China said that the 6.8-magnitude earthquake did not cause any damage to dams in Tibet, it has been forced to ...

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have ...

Research suggests a proliferation in plans for hydropower dams in the ecologically and politically sensitive region.

Tibet's recent 6.8 magnitude earthquake reveals seismic risks to hydropower projects in the Himalayas. With 68 dams ...

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and ...

China has long targeted the region for hydroelectric projects to meet its energy needs. Protests have not stopped dam construction, despite a study stressing the risks of an increase in landslides and ...

Local people should not fall victim to competitive building of mega dams which ultimately benefits big businesses ...

BEIJING - Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they ...