In August 1975, China’s Banqiao Dam collapsed after unprecedented rainfall from Super Typhoon Nina. Built to withstand a ...

Thousands of miles from China’s populous coastline, a sharp bend in a remote Himalayan river is set to become the centerpiece of one of the country’s most ambitious – and controversial – ...

China is reportedly pressing ahead with a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, a move that ...

India and China’s Brahmaputra dam race is fuelling an energy–data rivalry, turning the Himalayas into a flashpoint of Asia’s ...

If China’s damming of the Brahmaputra is allowed to go unchecked, it will soon be able to bend much of Asia to its will through control of water resources, warns Chandu Doddi.

Research shows that dams, built with the promise of reducing flooding, can often exacerbate the problem. Gland, Switzerland - New research commissioned by WWF, the conservation organization, has ...