The story begins in 1835, when the first of what would become thousands of dams was built. These human-made reservoirs store ...

China has broken ground on what is set to be the largest hydropower dam ever built. In size and output, the megadam will dwarf the current world record holder, the mighty ThreeGorges Dam. The gigantic ...

In 1951, immediately after Tibet’s liberation, the Chinese government established the first Tibetan scientific expedition.