China has begun building the largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river which becomes the Brahmaputra upon entering Arunachal Pradesh—reviving longstanding Indian concerns about whether Beijing can control how much water reaches India. The project, centered on the river’s “Great Bend” near Medog in Tibet, features five cascade power stations with combined capacity estimated over 60 gigawatts, nearly triple the Three Gorges Dam. Total investment is pegged at 1.2 trillion yuan (roughly $167 billion), making it the world’s biggest infrastructure project. Over 30 miles, the river drops nearly 6,500…
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