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 ...

I was born in Kham, in eastern Tibet, my parents’ first born. A brother and sister followed, and the five of us lived with ...

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

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

Kathmandu is about 230km (140 miles) south of Shigatse. Tremors were also felt in India’s northern state of Bihar which borders Nepal. They were also felt in Bhutan’s capital Thimphu.

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

Tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet ...

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

At least 188 injured as tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. A strong earthquake has struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing at least 126 people and leaving ...

The quake resulted in at least 95 fatalities and injured 130 people causing buildings to shake across neighbouring countries, including Nepal, Bhutan, and India. Watch for all the details.

Shigatse is one of Tibet's holiest cities and ... as well as Bhutan and northern India. Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a strenuous effort to rescue people and resettle those whose homes ...