Why a Chinese Mega-Dam Has Taken the Gloss Off CBA’s Lofty Share Price

Why a Chinese mega-dam has taken the gloss off CBA’s lofty share price

The two biggest sectors of the ASX moved in opposite directions last month and construction of a 1.2 trillion yuan reservoir in Tibet is part of the reason why.

By building the world’s biggest dam, China hopes to control more than just its water supply

China’s already vast infrastructure programme has entered a new phase as building work starts on the Motuo hydropower project. The dam will consist of five cascade hydropower stations arranged from upstream to downstream and, once completed, will be the world’s largest source of hydroelectric power. It will be four times larger than China’s previous signature hydropower project, the Three Gorges Dam, which spans the Yangtse river in central Chin…

China Embarks on a New Hydroelectric Project — the World’s Largest

China has begun construction on the world’s largest hydropower dam, known as the Motuo Hydropower Station, on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau, which will cost $170 billion and is expected to generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, about the amount of electricity consumed by Britain last year. It will consist of five cascade hydropower stations located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River in a section of th…

China’s Mega Dam And India’s Asymmetric Challenge

While China moves swiftly to build a mega dam on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, India is held back by constitutional safeguards, environmental laws, and democratic resistance. The post China’s Mega Dam And India’s Asymmetric Challenge appeared first on StratNews Global.

China’s Yarlung Tsangpo mega-dam: A gamble, assimilation tool, strategic weapon, and development project - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’25) – China’s $167 billion mega-dam in Tibet is more than anything else a tool to assimilate Tibet through economic integration and infrastructure dominance, reinforced by its potential to revive the country’s ailing economy and as a weapon to be unleashed any time the need arises. The fact that the project lies in a […]