China’s Medog Dam is a geopolitical weapon disguised as green energy
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China has begun construction of a mega-power plant on a Himalayan river. India is protesting and wants to defend itself with its own giant dam. An existential water war may not be as likely as it seems, but there are plenty of good reasons to be concerned.
China’s Medog Dam is a geopolitical weapon disguised as green energy
The Medog Hydropower Project—poised to become the world’s largest hydropower dam—is currently under construction on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River) in Tibet’s Medog County, close to the contested India-China border. With an estimated cost of $167 billion, the project, initiated in July 2025, is expected to generate 60,000 MW and 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity […] The post China’s Medog Dam is a geopolitical weapon disguised as…
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