China Pushes Ahead with $167 Billion Tibetan Dam Project Despite Warnings

China is building one of the world’s biggest hydropower dams, and it’s not just any dam. It’s a $167 billion megaproject planned on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, close to India’s border. This river later becomes the Brahmaputra, which millions depend on downstream. The dam is set to produce electricity at a rate three times higher than China’s current largest project, the Three Gorges Dam.