The Tibetan Plateau, sitting atop a seismically active fault line ... With aftershocks and tsunami alerts continuing to roll in, emergency teams remain on standby from Asia to the US West Coast.

With delicate diplomatic handling, this 'project of the century' can build goodwill and help South Asia's water-dependent economies When Premier Li Qiang broke ground for the construction of the ...

China's Tsangpo hydropower dam in Tibet raises concerns in India and downstream nations over water flow and environmental impact.

Using the dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo to share electricity could carry ‘significant strategic value’ for Beijing, analysts say ...

The authorities have not said how many people will be displaced and how it will affect the ecosystem. Read more at ...

At over 4,000 metres above sea level on the Yarlung Tsangpo, Tibet’s sacred river that becomes the Brahmaputra in India, the ...

The project, part of China’s push to expand renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions, could affect millions downstream in ...

Building has started on the world’s biggest hydro project in Tibet, predicted to give a jolt to sectors like construction, ...

Climate change-induced water loss in the Tibetan Plateau further challenges water security from Central to Southeast Asia. By Genevieve Donnellon-May September 17, 2022 Credit: Depositphotos ...

The Chinese Communist Party is looking to control the next Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual head under Tibetan Buddhism, to legitimize its 1950 occupation of Tibet, a remote land in the world's ...

In 2004, I traveled a thousand miles in the eastern Tibetan plateau by local bus, hitchhiking, and finally on a second-hand motorcycle, which I rode over 17,000-foot passes so remote I felt like ...

Millions of people depend on water from the glaciers of High-Mountain Asia. South-eastern Tibet, however, has some of the most rapidly melting glaciers in Asia. This is due to less summer snowfall ...