Dec 16th, 2025
China’s Controversial $167 Billion Mega-Dam
In one of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth, where the Tibetan Plateau meets the Himalayas, China is building a colossal hydropower system, pushing engineering and geopolitics to the limit. (Corrects length of The Great Bend river and removes incorrect locations associated with the Lower Yarulung Hydropower Project and the Jinping dams.)



