Spotlight On Planet’s Largest Hydropower Project By China On Yarlung/Brahmaputra – Analysis

By Sayanangshu Modak

Causing an apparent surprise, news broke last week that hydropower exploitation in the downstream of the Yarlung Zangbo had been made a part of the proposals for China’s 14^th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025). It is quite rare that a seemingly inaccessible and largely obscure stretch of the Himalayas should...