By building a gigantic dam just before the river exits Chinese-controlled territory, Beijing gains the power to manipulate cross-border flows.

China has begun construction on the world's largest hydropower dam, a project so massive that Premier Li Qiang called it the ...

Glide over the Three Gorges Dam in China, the largest hydroelectric dam in the world, with stunning drone footage capturing ...

China’s already vast infrastructure programme has entered a new phase as building work starts on the Motuo hydropower project. The dam will consist of five cascade hydropower stations arranged from ...

The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed.

China has started construction of the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam, a project that’s set to be far larger than the Three ...

Commencement of China's most ambitious project since the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze was seized by Chinese markets as ...

Tourists look at a model of the Three Gorges Dam project in China. The dam forced 1.3 million people to relocate - but it creates hydropower and helps control flooding on the Yangtze River. 3 of 16 ...

The dam’s operator, China Three Gorges Corporation, told China’s state news agency Xinhua that the dam has intercepted 18.2 billion cubic meters of potential floodwater.

When I travel, I have the opportunity to see nature’s beauty and wonder. I feel insignificant compared to what nature can create. However, I have been in awe of formidable man-made structures as well, ...

The dam on the Yangtze, the world's third-longest river, is 600 feet high and nearly a mile and a half across. In 2009, when the dam is completed, it will have taken 17 years to build, at an ...