The megadam is set to become the world’s largest hydropower system and, costing an estimated $167 billion, by far the most ...

China has started construction of what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam. Chinese Premier Li Qiang on July 19 led a ...

BEIJING - China has moved forward with plans to build the world’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet’s Medog County ...

As Tibet rose up in protest, it often turned into violent clashes with Chinese paramilitary. Beijing claims 22 people died, while Tibetan groups in exile put the number at around 200.

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause from exile even as ...

Xinhua said late Wednesday that 170 people had surrendered for their role in last week's riots in Tibet's capital, Lhasa. China says 16 people were killed, denying Tibetan exile groups' claims ...

Tibetan advocacy groups assert that during those 2008 protests, part of wider unrest that swept across the Tibetan Plateau at the time, Chinese security forces killed at least 10 people.

Tibet was effectively independent for decades before communist troops entered in 1950. Initially, the protests were led by Buddhist monks demanding the release of other detained monks.

On Nov. 9, thousands of Tibetan students gathered in the historic monastery town of Rebkong to protest Chinese rule over the restive Tibetan plateau, where nearly 70 Tibetans have lighted ...

ABC News' Stephanie Sy describes reporting on the Tibet crisis in China. CHENGDU, China, March 18, 2008— -- I've been reporting on the Tibetan protests for several days now, and for the first ...

Chinese government censors clamping down on news of protests. TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 20, 2008— -- With all eyes on Tibet and its violent anti-China protests this week, Beijing has been trying ...