China’s state news agency recently announced government approval for constructing the world’s largest hydropower project, ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.9 and 5.0 hit Tibet's Tingri county on Monday, according to China Earthquake Networks Center. The county was struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake last ...

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

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

More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in a remote part of western China.

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

Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, was dispatched to the area to guide the work The epicentre of the magnitude 6.8 quake that hit on Tuesday morning was in Tingri county, near Shigatse city, according to ...

The China Earthquake Networks Centre located the epicentre at Tingri county, known as the northern gateway to the Everest ...

Earthquakes have damaged dams in the past, particularly by setting off landslides and rockfalls. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...

More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts of ...