The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

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

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...

Without greater transparency on the part of China and cooperative frameworks, this dam could become a flashpoint in an ...

Geologically, the Tibetan Plateau ranks among the most seismically active areas worldwide, serving as a convergence zone for the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

There are seven regions in Tibet, but the ones with the most attractions (and the areas included in most tours) are Lhasa, Shigatse, Ngari and Nagqu. Lhasa is the capital of Tibet and central city ...

China is building the world's largest hydropower dam, the Motuo Hydropower Station, in Tibet near the Indian border. This ...

Located close to one of Bolivia's major cities, La Paz, El Alto International is the highest international airport in the ...

Then, a small town and terminus of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Lhasa was 1,169 kilometers onwards by road! In 2006 that city and indeed Xizang, was finally linked, by rail with the rest of China. Since ...

The former chairman of Tibet has been placed under investigation for alleged corruption as part of a wider crackdown in the western Chinese region. The investigation into Qizhala comes at a ...