We set off from Pai Village, known as the springboard of the harsh trek to our destination: Motuo (Metok), the remotest county in southeast Tibet and currently the only county in China inaccessible by ...

In a study published in Taiwania, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified two new species of flowering plants in the remote ...

At over 4,000 metres above sea level on the Yarlung Tsangpo, Tibet’s sacred river that becomes the Brahmaputra in India, the dam includes a system of five cascading plants that will produce enough ...

China’s latest move in renewable energy—the Motuo Dam Project in Tibet—is a big leap forward in hydroelectric power. With a planned output of 60 gigawatts, this dam will be three times as strong as ...

The dam is situated in the Yarlung Tsangpo canyon, said to be the world's largest and deepest canyon on land Chinese authorities have begun constructing what will be the world's largest hydropower dam ...

China has started construction of what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam. Chinese Premier Li Qiang on July 19 led a ceremony marking groundbreaking for the Motuo Hydropower Station, a ...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) ground forces adopted 10 UAVs — or drones — to provide logistic support for the first time to soldiers stationed at the remote Motuo region in Southwest ...