China's Premier Li Qiang announced construction had begun on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, located on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau and estimated to cost around $170 billion, the official Xinhua news agency said.

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China starts construction on world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet

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The vote made history, although the Mayor vetoed the decision. A comment by the “Amsterdam’s Lonely Uyghur.” The post Amsterdam City Parliament Votes to Use “East Turkestan” Instead of “Xinjiang” first appeared on Bitter Winter.

(TibetanReview.net, Jul20’25) – Chinese Premier Li Qiang has announced on Jul 19 the start of the construction of the world’s biggest hydropower dam over the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Metog county of Nyingchi (Tibetan: Nyingtri) prefecture, Tibet, close to...

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Lekhi, part of the second group of pilgrims undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, fell from a horse in Darchin, Tibet, and sustained injuries.

The Dalai Lama’s principal English translator discusses why compassion is fundamental to our basic nature as human beings—and why we tend to resist it. The post The Courage to Be Compassionate appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 struck Tibet on the morning of Sunday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS).