China’s plan for the 'world’s riskiest' mega dam high in the Himalayas

China’s plan for the 'world’s riskiest' mega dam high in the Himalayas | ABC News

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As China seeks to meet its targets of becoming carbon neutral by 2060, it is turning its sights to some of the wildest reaches of the Tibetan Plateau where it plans to build a hydropower plant so ambitious that it could produce three times as much power as Three Gorges.
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Experts believe it could be the riskiest mega structure ever built. Not only is the location prone to massive landslides and some of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, it’s also precariously close to the disputed border between India and China. Meaning any major project could further escalate discontent in a tense territorial dispute between the world’s two most populous countries.
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@grandsome1 3 жыл бұрын

Between this and what's happening on the Niles river the international community really needs new laws about river sharing and infrastructure.

@jacobsxavier6082 3 жыл бұрын

That'd be common sense, but you already know who would veto or walk out of those talks

@etherealessence 3 жыл бұрын

Nice thought, but China just pays lip service to the international community then does what it wants anyway.

@fadiisam4181 3 жыл бұрын

If you have the power you can do whatever you want this is the law of UN

@KemetEG 3 жыл бұрын

99.9% of Egyptians are willing to go to war with Ethiopia or bomb the dam by airforce,,, and Egyptian media (controlled by the government) has strong view on the Ethiopian dam , president elsisi made many warning to Ethiopia , there’s military buildup on sudanese Ethiopian borders

@jacobsxavier6082 3 жыл бұрын

@@KemetEG yeah, and then what ? You'll be at war with a mountain nation and god knows how hard it is to keep control over a mountain territory in guerilla warfare. Also they're used to it. On the other hand the minute you'll leave they'll make you pay hence you'll be trapped in a war that you cannot win nor can leave... worse than afganistan for the us.

@Napsteraspx 3 жыл бұрын

Not a smart place to build a dam that large, being a seismically active region. 😳

@SunriseLAW 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if it broke all of India would disappear. That would really upset China. :(

@joeyg3586 3 жыл бұрын

As a geologist this is asking for a critical failure. I think they want to use it more as a weapon than a actually power station.

@kunalmandhare3144 3 жыл бұрын

@@uldispaze7325 by weapons, he means to say they can discharge large amounts of water into India, which could potentially lead to huge floods in India and Bangladesh.

@samsunguser3148 3 жыл бұрын

Most likely a weapon to wipe em out

@B15HOP 3 жыл бұрын

The whole project sounds suss to me.

@Moviecoffin 3 жыл бұрын

Waterways doesn't follow national boarders. It's very concerning that a nation would have control over such a massive body of water. It is indeed a very powerful potential weapon, controling the suply of water.

@JackMontana69 3 жыл бұрын

AND KNOWING CHINA IS A CON-ARTIST. NOT TO MENTION THAT BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA HAS THIS CONFLICT OF BORDERS. HOPE INDIA WON'T FALL INTO WRONG DECISIONS.

@sentryion3106 3 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure this is the real reason. This is also exactly why China will hold onto Tibet no matter what

@tedk-42 3 жыл бұрын

See conflict between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Nile river.

@coweatsman 3 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons China will not let Tibet go. The ability to control the flow of water to Asia is a geopolitical prize. The infrastructure building in Tibet when I was there 5 years ago is on a scale which dwarfs China's infrastructure building. It is epic. Tibet's GDP has been growing at twice the rate of China in percent terms but a large portion of that is going to Han Chinese immigrants. Railways, roads, dams and power grid, it is all being built at a break neck speed in Tibet. India has been caught short with its infrastructure on the frontier in Arunachal Pradesh and India is only now playing catch up.

@coweatsman 3 жыл бұрын

@@JackMontana69 I am afraid India has been sleeping for decades as China has built infrastructure in Tibet catching India unaware. India has neglected its north eastern regions.

@zozoforyou9394 3 жыл бұрын

Still we aren't learning any lessons from the mother nature we are more becoming wilder and wilder...this will be the end of humanity...

@sudnnk5138 3 жыл бұрын

Be more optimistic

@AhmadAli-cq5xh 3 жыл бұрын

Hydro is still the cleanest. It's not that you can build it everywhere.

@zozoforyou9394 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed to both of you but just think for a moment as those who are getting their livelihood from those rivers and you will not believe people use to live in such rough terrain they will pay the price and the water flow towards many countries living downward will sure to be affected I think you both also know this. we will be fighting over water and soon 3rd WW will start cause will be water. By the way water crisis is existed everywhere

@shinqqing5161 2 жыл бұрын

Mother nature is there for human to bend her and do her from behind. She is there to be conquered by humanity, and that's what we human have learned so far.

@alexzachary9099 2 жыл бұрын

@@shinqqing5161 "do her from behind" wow.

@unedited159 3 жыл бұрын

For india chinese dam doesn't cause much water scarcity. Problem is china doesn't share hydrological data with downstream nations. They did this with india during 2017 floods. Also In case of heavy rains to protect dam they can release water from dams just like they did in their country. And also there are concerns about earthquake and landslides.

@slslbbn4096 3 жыл бұрын

India did not behave in a friendly way, intentionally provoking the Chinese to serve their white colonial masters. So the Chinese are building a huge dam. Better yet, they are also storing all their nuclear waste in containers next to the dam. If India invades China -> all that radioactive waste will depopulate all Indian cities along the Ganges and Brahmaputra river. The Chinese strategists call this the new "Scorched earth" strategy and a cheap solution to the India problem. The funny thing is it needn't have come to this if not for the foreign policy failure of our foreign minister Jaishankar

@user-jj7yh4vb3j 3 жыл бұрын

@@slslbbn4096 Not your foreign minister* There's nothing like white colonial masters or something, Its all about interests. China can't dare to do that because china sees itself in comparison with USA and war with india or sending nuclear waste to india will crush China's ambitions. Both the countries will be destroyed and it will only benefit USA not china. So there's no reason China want to be in direct confrontation with India.

@dhanajon5528 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, just like in their country when they released the 3 gorges damn to save a nearby city and flooded the surrounding villages, and then the govt said its a sacrifice theyre grateful the villagers made while forcing the villagers no choice lmao 😂

@NightPhoenix.Y 3 жыл бұрын

On a different note there is are reports of nuclear reactors or radio active elements lost around the Indian side of the tibetan plateau it was lost there when the US was trying to spy on China, Vox covered it recently. It's a bigger problem than the usual floods and earthquakes cause this won't be natural. No one else is really talking about it spread the word.

@wigglyk2796 3 жыл бұрын

The region is very sensitive to eathquakes and natural disasters and it's ridiculously hard to build a dam over there. Even if the dam is built what happens in case of a devastating earthquake. Lol. All the money goes down the drain. But we shouldn't underestimate the Chinese though, they were successful in spreading their Chinese virus which has destroyed the world.

@gamer-ff6mh 3 жыл бұрын

We Indians will counter this move of China successfully by building taller statues and bigger temples.

@fridaybot 3 жыл бұрын

Now this comment is pure gold! I like the self awareness lol

@bayharborbutcher8939 3 жыл бұрын

WTF did you contribute & how much tax do you pay

@dss6838 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you will contribute to economy more sir rather than helping black monet growth. Anyways I am totally against statutes

@adamiskandar5107 3 жыл бұрын

@@dss6838, I think his comment was for India to ... self-reflect? If you do likewise, your perspective may change.

@coycubic3052 3 жыл бұрын

That is stupidity.india should build more road, public toilets and hospitals instead. Why waste tax payers'money to build statues ??

@vijaytejareddy5904 3 жыл бұрын

They would lose what some dollars of money, but consider if the dam failed due to high tectonic activity, Let alone India, Bangladesh would have to suffer a lot because of its high dense populous sitting near its bank

@rkslim8385 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you ask first with your neighbour Bangladesh about teesta river dam.

@KGopidas 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful thinking had postponed three gorges dam or India's narmada valley for well over 50 years. When pollution became a major problem, all succumbed

@johnsun7485 3 жыл бұрын

China weaponise water

@onghockchwee2342 3 жыл бұрын

Can India Managed The Disasters If Dam Is Damaged?

@onghockchwee2342 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnsun7485 Yes, About Time She Should Shows She Capable Of Managing The Dam.

@bobbyshen7826 3 жыл бұрын

The satellite images of the mountains have amazing patterns

@nayem_saki 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah kinda beautiful

@normanmazlin6741 3 жыл бұрын

Then along comes man.....

@markbates3180 3 жыл бұрын

Adding a huge fluid mass onto a very active fault zone, interesting. Glad I don't live down river.

@wphighganja 3 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I was thinking

@rphukan 3 жыл бұрын

I live downriver, in Assam. 🙄

@robspunk 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, Mekong already dying due to Chinese dams upstream.

@j.hattiebrewer5355 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a unconscionable idea. They have famines that killed thousands of it population. They stole and destroyed Tibet. They are despicable.

@ariadneschild8460 3 жыл бұрын

This is suspicious as, I bet it's designed to fail.

@mikefeddersen2476 3 жыл бұрын

There goes the price of concrete again.

@nini9613 3 жыл бұрын

"The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep." ~Saruman

@kimeli 3 жыл бұрын

saruman is fiction, doeesn't count, if you use rr tolkien maybe.

@dylanjoaquin9733 3 жыл бұрын

China: Mind your own business

@nelsonnaraga3383 3 жыл бұрын

News: Earthquakes killed scores of people! China: Nah it needs perfect score!

@hotchi1566 3 жыл бұрын

News: COVID killed scores of people! India: Nah it needs perfect score! Modi: 'We defeated Covid without vaccines'

@anujrathore3474 3 жыл бұрын

@@hotchi1566 Chineese people : What is toll in Galwan clash, Corona spread from China. Chineese govt. : Put those people in prison. Chineese Military : we will make a new virus for the world, and handle situation of internal matters like Tiananmen square. Global times : Corona spread from USA, (2days later), corina spread from Australia, (A day later ) corona spread from india ......

@hotchi1566 3 жыл бұрын

@@anujrathore3474 Funny. You believe China made the virus. I am very satisfied with the IQ of you people. Stupid enemy is good enemy.

@hotchi1566 3 жыл бұрын

@@anujrathore3474 I like PM Modi, ha ha . He said India has defeated the virus only two months ago. And he put huge budget on statues, temples, and his own housing project. And I'm happy that there are still so many Indian people supporting him. This shows how good this political system in India haha.

@hotchi1566 3 жыл бұрын

@Harshit Harshit PM Modi said India has defeated the virus only two months ago. HA HA,

@Mattb81 3 жыл бұрын

I thought China still claimed to be a “developing economy”. Or is that just to avoid reducing emissions?

@labadaba5088 3 жыл бұрын

Ehh, cities are pretty developed but there’s still a ton of rural people. My uncle is one actually. He lives in China in the rural mountain west of Chengdu and we try to visit him once a year.

@tonywilson4713 3 жыл бұрын

I was in China a couple of years ago and rode the Maglev from Shanghai airport (321 kmh) and rode the high speed train back (229kmh). - They just launched the first module of a space station. - They have had nuclear power for decades and nuclear weapons just as long. - And it doesn't matter if they stole the technologies they now produce or not. China claiming they were a "developing nation" was bull shit when they first claimed it. Its just a higher level of bullshit now.

@tianmingchen6438 3 жыл бұрын

In the field of large-scale engineering construction, China is indeed the strongest in the world, but in many other fields, China is indeed a developing country.

@LordZonaxe 3 жыл бұрын

if they don't build a Tofu building.

@justaguy6216 3 жыл бұрын

At the rate that China is building they'll soon cease to be one. Since the country is so large there'll be a lot of friction to get the country moving towards net 0. So getting started early is actually a smart idea. How they go about doing it is what should be the issue now.

@steveo20007 3 жыл бұрын

That line about trying to building the damn for green energy purposes is the biggest crock of shit I’ve ever heard in my life. There’s no way any country would do something that risky and economically unviable unless there was some sort of bigger political play going on

@zacharysnyder2925 3 жыл бұрын

That's instantly what I thought, this dam would hold the potentional to take away the water supply of 10's of millions of people in the country who is china's biggest rival on the continent. Going Green is just an excuse.

@simonphoenix3789 3 жыл бұрын

@@zacharysnyder2925 Exactly, they are building this for one reason alone, to hold a sword over Bangladesh's neck, threatening to screw them over if they ever cross China.

@homijbhabha8860 3 жыл бұрын

@@zacharysnyder2925 Most of INdia gets water from a different river, but south east Asia gets 100% of its water from that river.

@zacharysnyder2925 3 жыл бұрын

@@homijbhabha8860 That still plays into their neo-Imperial doctrine. China is sick.

@steveo20007 3 жыл бұрын

@@homijbhabha8860 what’s it called? Last time I checked China was executing a plan to build 300 dams, most along rivers supplying neighbouring countries. I bet there’s a few on said river. Ethiopia just finished damning the Nile last year in a blatant political move, Egypt and Sudan are PISSED. The murmers of the water wars are coming truer each day it seems :(

@ioogleio 3 жыл бұрын

ABC: that’s insane China: exactly what I want

@manfreds.6384 3 жыл бұрын

psycho political party no value for any form of life.

@sunnytneoh3126 3 жыл бұрын

They same experts said the same thing about the 3 Gorges

@ImpactofAsia 3 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@user32421 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! There are some people who are facing the challenges and other people who sit down home and start to criticise as if it's a hobby.

@adolfshitler 3 жыл бұрын

Another great target 🇺🇸😁🚀👍

@Ahoooooooo 3 жыл бұрын

Western media care so much about China. Climate change bad , China is polluting. China going green is bad , dams are not the answer. What is the answer ? There is only 1 answer: China bad ! Apart from the sarcasm . Building dam in remote areas is precisely the correct thing to do. When they were building the 3 gorges . Media complaint about having to move people . And if dam fail alot of lives are at risk . But if the dam is at a remote area , there is no need to relocate anyone. If dam fails there isn't any village around . What else do you want ? I get it . China bad !

@showmemo3686 3 жыл бұрын

The jury isn't in on that one yet.

@doodoofish 3 жыл бұрын

More than 90% of water comes from rain in that region not the river. So saying building the dam to throttle the water supply to India as a weapon is not based on facts.

@hongkongpong5588 4 ай бұрын

India can build dams too in their own backyard.. Will China complaint??

@vbs7953 3 жыл бұрын

China constructed 11 giant dams on Mekong River, causing severe drought and saline intrusion in the lower basin.

@carkawalakhatulistiwa Жыл бұрын

Green energi baby

@baxterismyyoutubename5077 3 жыл бұрын

It's impossible for India, India can hardly build any roads, tunnels and bridges in North East hilly areas even..., but China does wondrous engineering works for all its citizens regardless of the terrains, difficulties etc.

@nirnaydhale5820 3 жыл бұрын

Joke on you whole jammu hills are ready for roads, tunnels and bridgea, now it time in ne region

@erenyaeger9407 Жыл бұрын

You really are behind, wake up and catch to rest of of the world

@Prajna_Paramita. 4 ай бұрын

In distant regions of Arunachal Pradesh...there is a huge lack of connectivity@@nirnaydhale5820

@testbox366 3 жыл бұрын

3 times more power then current biggest dam! for sure it will be big help to "go green"

@reubennelson4086 3 жыл бұрын

When the missiles start firing thanks to this. I doubt the world will be greener

@lawz7787 3 жыл бұрын

There’s an inevitable and permanent destruction of nature when you try to divert such a massive river.

@BuddyLee23 3 жыл бұрын

Until we develop usable fusion power (and probably even after) every form of power will be criticized and bemoaned. Humans simply consume and extract. It’s what we do. The only way to avoid any of this is to eliminate humans.

@chandraMohan-wo5ji 3 жыл бұрын

it,s ten time more dangerous to people live below. china not cares own peoples live even. will it concern other countries people then? no wonder more earthquake in china now, mother earth will response for sure.

@jackbarrie6007 3 жыл бұрын

@@BuddyLee23 starting with pooh bear🤯🤯🤯💥💥

@wfpnknw32 3 жыл бұрын

Being able to turn off the water for hundreds of millions of people, that's worth far more than some new power plant...

@getahanddown 3 жыл бұрын

Especially when your newly "found" province is full of people.

@merlinious01 3 жыл бұрын

My money would be on the Netherlands.

@wfpnknw32 3 жыл бұрын

@Blah Blah it can provide alot of power but 20 nuclear plants isn't that much in the scheme of things(especially with gen 5 coming out) China has 9 for almost 2 billion people while France which is tiny in comparison has 56. China can make enough clean power without having to subjugate its neighbours.

@wfpnknw32 3 жыл бұрын

@Blah Blah The US military is one of the largest co2 producers in the world (warships, tanks, logistics etc) is it a good idea for the US to completely get rid of their military if china says that they'll protect us instead? This is an equivilent position that you put almost a billion people in by allowing china to arbitrarily turn off or use their water supply.

@wfpnknw32 3 жыл бұрын

@Blah Blah So you're assuming lots of things, 1. (water behind a dam doesn't evaporate), 2. chinas water usage in tibet will stay constant, 3. the amount of rainfall will stay constant (global warming doesnt exist), 4. reactions are binary (any threats or restriction will lead to a world war). This last point is critical, and the basis of modern hybrid warfare. What is the tradeoff between consequences and actions. Russia can attack america as long as it's below the threshold (cyber, or partially deniable), China can imprison millions as long as it has russia's protection from the security council and controls the perceptions at home. Geopolitics is complicated and not governed by morals or what you should do but what you can do. This is universally true throughout history and for every country. China is a powerful country, chinese population has some animosity towards india so china can do a lot without significant consequences.

@downhilltwofour0082 3 жыл бұрын

The insane egos of a few will lead to the end of us all.

@user32421 3 жыл бұрын

There are some people who are facing the challenges, Shaping the future and other people who sit down home and start to criticise as if it's a hobby.

@aruktoba5015 3 жыл бұрын

I'm really curious when china gets a major lesson teached from nature...

@kimeli 3 жыл бұрын

even if there is a risk of a catastrophe it should not stop people from going forward, only cowards back down from risk and threat, just like how India is so afraid of the west it can't decide entirely on its own interest.

@obyssey 3 жыл бұрын

You remind me of Sharon Stone

@aruktoba5015 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimeli there is a word it's called wise

@kimeli 3 жыл бұрын

@@aruktoba5015 i assume your saying that indians are wise right?

@aruktoba5015 3 жыл бұрын

@@kimeli no... I say if he wise u choose a certain way and Chinese don't act on this Realisation

@MrDisasterboy 3 жыл бұрын

In-flow hydro would make more sense. Like on the Congo.

@simonwong9885 3 жыл бұрын

Hydro is but only a part of the project. The main objective of the dam, other than planned 60GW hydro capacity, is to divert water resource from Tibet to Xinjiang that is 1,000km apart. The entire thing is going to cost hundreds of billions.

@baburavganpatravapte 3 жыл бұрын

@@simonwong9885 a big Dam like that in the eco sensitive region of Himalayas is stupid idea. China is exploiting Tibbet's natural resources and has killed and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Tibbet.a

@MrDisasterboy 3 жыл бұрын

@@simonwong9885 it's a long way from South East Tibet to Xinjiang!.That's a difficult to believe strategy for water or electricity. 🙄 But I suppose they have their reasons

@Zyscheriah 3 жыл бұрын

@@baburavganpatravapte does the ccp care? Nope, if it benefits them and not their neighbors they will do it.they dont care about repercussions anymore, USA wont intervene, a lot of their large businesses' production is in china.

@baburavganpatravapte 3 жыл бұрын

@@Zyscheriah you're right china doesn't give a shit

@chandub139 3 жыл бұрын

Building a dam on a international trans boundary river is almost impossible due to multitude reasons. If it was so easy, India would have built dams on the Indus river valley system long back and blocked 70% of Pakistan's water supply.

@AmandaRussell903 3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the infrastructures of India?

@tmanrx7 3 жыл бұрын

India is already stealing water from Pakistan and creating dams, breaking India water treaty So why cry now when China does the same to India?

@oldgods914 3 жыл бұрын

@@tmanrx7 cope jihadi

@parthamohan5891 3 жыл бұрын

@@tmanrx7 We are not crying...instead happy for Tibet & Yunnan province🙂🙏🏼❤️

@chandub139 3 жыл бұрын

@@tmanrx7 First - It is Indus River Water treaty, not India Water Treaty, you imbecile. Second - According to Indus treaty, 80% of Indus River Water share is allocated to Pakistan and 20% is allocated to India. Remember that Indus originates in Tibet whereas all it's tributaries i.e. Ravi, Baes, Sutlej, Jhelum and Chenab originate in India, despite this fact Pakistan is allocated 4 times more than what India gets. Pakistan is not entitled to anything, be grateful. Third - India doesn't even utilize 20% of its allocated share, the remainder of this too goes to Porkistan. India is building dams only to utilize the complete 20% of it's share, it is not encroaching on Pakistan's share. Fourth - You and your begger in chief PM should stop begging for free things and resources from other countries.

@flexiblebirdchannel 3 жыл бұрын

I like this idea. Instead of building a high dam, they use the slope of the river. Just build a small dam and put a pipe in the river bed or tunnel thru the hill. That's earthquake-resistant and just like any other dam can not be used to shut down someone's water supply (where should the water go, the basin could not be infinite large) but to regulate so instead of drough to flooding you get a constant water flow. And 60GW saves 60 nuklear power plants. So even if the construction costs $500000000000 it's cheaper than Olkiluoto.

@broadstreet21 8 ай бұрын

The question is how much water is left going through the canyon to sustain the ecology this way? Will it dry up completely? But I can agree it will at least not flood out the upper canyon.

@kelvin869 3 жыл бұрын

I think it has a dual purpose. China is going to dam this river to hold India's territories to ransom, not unlike when they built the Dam on the Mekong River.

@bb54321abc 3 жыл бұрын

By controlling water flows to down river countries means control of those countries water supply which equals control of those countries.

@davidhhl162 3 жыл бұрын

They all can migrate to kiwiland which has more sheep than humans 🤔

@jagdpanther2224 3 жыл бұрын

All countries will do this if they have a strategic advantage, do you know the Israeli gov. controlling the water flowing of River Jordan? That's why they took the Goland heights!

@backpackpepelon3867 3 жыл бұрын

@@jagdpanther2224 this^. Many didn't realized Israel use the same tactics, and US along with the west approve it. Its all fair game in geopolitics.

@-nj- 3 жыл бұрын

@@jagdpanther2224 US did that too, diverted all the Colorado River into US, left no drops to Mexico, you can google it.

@crowmack 3 жыл бұрын

The way things are going you'll be in a Chinese re-education camp in 20 years. You'll be wishing for sheep.

@IanKayCey 2 жыл бұрын

I laughed out loud when that white woman said "it's completely nuts". You haven't got a clue what the Chinese are capable of building.

@anitathakur9340 Жыл бұрын

pore enough money and everything is capable of building anything and if you are judging Chinese capabilities by the great wall then let me tell you the great wall isn't that great

@Saichenyang 3 жыл бұрын

Good idea! Tibet needs mega dam.

@hafizhnugrahav0113 3 жыл бұрын

Three gorges dam for electricity, solar plant on the west of china, waterway from south to north china for water drought area, one child policy - two child policy, massive high speed rail, massive urbanization, and now this. Damn, china is really trying to engineer every problem they encountered.

@victorhuynh4031 3 жыл бұрын

3 gorge dam always being criticized for the same reasons before it complete. All those reasons came to past and now China 3 gorge dam had been in operation for over 20 yrs.

@lisaparison9475 3 жыл бұрын

And the free world is hoping it collapses since it was built.

@unknownuser6809 3 жыл бұрын

And it was supposed to have a 2000 year lifespan yet now only 200 years according to a new estimate. And that was by the CCP engineers own words.

@soham7510 3 жыл бұрын

Building world's biggest dam in an inaccessible place, that's located on a fault line with more than 100s of millions living downstream? What can even go wrong?

@johnnyw6467 3 жыл бұрын

@@unknownuser6809 Where u got the sources that js said by CCP engineers?

@jetli740 3 жыл бұрын

@@unknownuser6809 200 year is a long time, why you worry by then they will have something new in place

@KGopidas 3 жыл бұрын

There are no grounds for confusing building a dam and the Chinese actions in galwan valley

@0arjun077 3 жыл бұрын

Himalayas change and grow every year, if they made it successful then its a marvel.

@chuasc1356 3 жыл бұрын

China can do it. Matter of time. Hope it will also benefit other countries as well

@donnash5813 3 жыл бұрын

China has no interest if helping other countries unless it serves its needs.

@chuasc1356 3 жыл бұрын

@@donnash5813 Same with any country... particularly USA...their interests come first

@arpanmandal7244 3 жыл бұрын

@@chuasc1356 🤡 one earthquake whole dam gone besides we know china made quality . Only viruse last long.

@arpanmandal7244 3 жыл бұрын

@The Professional lol Chinese cheap product .big companies opened their factory in india recently samsung ,apple, Tesla coming soon.

@arpanmandal7244 3 жыл бұрын

@The Professional cheap Chinese product only Chinese things last that is corona

@praveenkumardhankar2716 10 ай бұрын

If i heard it correctly in another video it's 660MW from all the Chinese dams on Mekong. 2000 m drop 60GW! The lady's reaction was legit. Given the rates of electricity, that would be a money printer while giving considerable geopolitical leverage.

@fmq 3 жыл бұрын

No one can stop China from building these types of dams once they can overcome technical issues related to this project.

@san8vicente 3 жыл бұрын

Inaccessible area, rocked by earthquakes and tremors, pushing the boundaries of logistics and economics and near a contested border. Something I have learned in the last 6 years from the actions of the CCP is that they are resourceful and ambitious but they are not fools. I have difficulties believing that they will build a dam in this area, despite of their announcements. Due to their rhetoric in the last few years towards the area, I would be more worried about a Geo-political play. I hope they prove me wrong.

@MaTara01 3 жыл бұрын

China has a megalomaniac who is President for Life, so anything is possible. The dam would be cocking a snook at India, the only Asian country which can stand up to bullying by China in the region.

@soheil527 3 жыл бұрын

ram ki gaand jali, sita ko ravan ke saath dekh kar

@endcraftable 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it would push the logistics too much, even less the economic side when they think about how much they gain from this politically too. China is probably that's why building High Speed trains all the way to Tibet, it would solve that issue almost entirely.

@JackZhang1097 Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01 As a Chinese, I think Japan and Korea are much stronger than India

@boomboomboom9297 Жыл бұрын

@@MaTara01lol india iq 82

@cmav8 3 жыл бұрын

all the best to the engineers, builders, and locals.

@xxxxxxxGTR 3 жыл бұрын

The dam is a drop dam, which uses the natural difference in height to generate electricity and does not store water.

@muhammaduqbahahmadtermizi1252 3 жыл бұрын

Explain... Drop Dam?

@ProckerDark 3 ай бұрын

It's a drop tunnel than a dam A tunnel filled with turbines that will generate electricity in a scope that is unimaginable (60 gigwatts)@@muhammaduqbahahmadtermizi1252

@Uncreativeish 11 ай бұрын

It does truly raise the question: what is Asia allowed to do? There seems to be much that many would not allow them to.

@sangteazadeng2064 2 жыл бұрын

If the same project is planned by USA or some European countries most of the commentators here would say "amen" without asking any questions

@Calibike 3 жыл бұрын

India doing the same to Pakistan in Kashmir

@zhubotang927 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, don’t foreigners always have China’s best interests at heart!

@cryptominnow2046 3 жыл бұрын

Ccp destroys.... in a bad bad bad type of way...

@nerinav 3 жыл бұрын

China , India and Bangladesh should invest in this mega project. The trio nations can share the mind blowing amount of clean energy. I mean 60 000 megawatts !!!!!!

@FinneyDale 3 жыл бұрын

There are no benign forms of power generation. Hydro integrates very well with other renewables (save your water when the wind is blowing or sun is shining). Far better than coal

@zil1832 3 жыл бұрын

Sure...thats totally the reason they wanna build it there.

@ne1711 3 жыл бұрын

You are totally in dark about the environmental concerns of such an enormous Hydro electric dam. Already the three gorges is in danger. China is insane

@clocktower1164 3 жыл бұрын

@@ne1711Oh yeah, China is falling, three gorges is breaking, sky is crashing down, and you're wetting the bed again !

@dss6838 3 жыл бұрын

That will destroy biodiversity there

@_PutraSentana 3 жыл бұрын

@@dss6838 still better than a warmer planet as a whole

@wayne0316 3 жыл бұрын

What’s the coal power ratio in Australia? As far as I concern 60% of coal power in China is pretty good considering China is manufacturing most if not all of the goods in the world. And it’s per capita co2 emission is still lower than the US. If the dam is not built in a disputed territory, then it’s not other countries’ concerns. Before you reach self-sufficient and carbon-neutral at the same time. It’s useless and not helping by pointing fingers at others and pretend to be an expert. If you are really good at your expertise, make your own country carbon neutral and set an example. Don’t just ship your plastic waste overseas and pretend it’s recycled, And move all your carbon heavy industries overseas and pretend it’s not your problem.

@anthonywilson7304 3 жыл бұрын

China work hard manufacturing everything. Australia just digs holes, I know, I work in the major coal producing areas in QLD lol.

@craigfirman1809 3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonywilson7304 Labor wants to invest $15 Billion to get manufacturing jobs back to Australia, better for our economic recovery and Australians in general. Liberals just want to waste money on gas, just about the worst investment Australia could make at this crucial time in our recovery. Like it's been said, what happens over the next 3 years will effect a generation of Australians.

@anthonywilson7304 3 жыл бұрын

@@craigfirman1809 I hope so, it was taken away by previous governments, Labour included. However, we will have to match our energy use if we do.

@eastjebus6870 3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonywilson7304 and they do this violating human rights and destroying the world

@unknownuser6809 3 жыл бұрын

Until recently it was China who was the largest consumer of Australian coal. So you little statements doesn’t really have a point. And also it is know for record levels of air pollution visible from space. Which still recently suffered from

@hankuraj9892 3 жыл бұрын

It's green power

@obnoxiouscommenter6194 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I have nothing to say but good luck Imagine tofu-dreg construction and seismic activity wombo combo, fun

@netterdrachen1687 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know that there is one less person objecting it. Thanks!

@georgegu3374 3 жыл бұрын

china: im going to build a dam india: no, you are trying to flood us china: im going to build a canal (the ambitious Hongqi River project) to divert the excessive upsteam water flow up north, which will also benifits india during flood period. india: no, you plan to drought us

@spoddie 3 жыл бұрын

weird there is no specifics in the description, no names, location etc

@craigfirman1809 3 жыл бұрын

It's so you have to watch the video, extended clickbait. Namcha Barwa Mountain? Yarlong Tsangpo River? 29.631808, 95.073232 is the GPS co-ordinates to Namcha Barwa Mountain, You'll need to zoom out to see the river, the u turn is massive. Some 35+ kms across

@ericpaulgoldie 3 жыл бұрын

India is the world's largest Democracy! Go Democracy, Go India!

@DestinAU 3 жыл бұрын

If it's this expensive, risky, ecologically dangerous, and prone to literally falling apart from an earthquake, why not just build solar, wind, and batteries instead? They're far cheaper and can be distributed faster and much more easily across the country and electrical grid. 60 GW of power from one source would require insane transmission infrastructure and would lose some of the power going all the way from one side of China to the other.

@carkawalakhatulistiwa Жыл бұрын

Actually China Made the biggest power grip on the world before

@heydaddy2471 2 жыл бұрын

This is how pakistan has issue with India building a dam on river which travel in pakistan, seriously not saying china is good guy here but all the southern Asian countries deserve eachother

@chaitanyareddymuthyala2967 3 жыл бұрын

A 16th century Telugu legend has predicted that third world war will start on the issues of water , these water issues should be solved immediately

@vamsiguntupally6395 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you are referring to Brahmam garu.

@mrbeastwithnomoney 3 жыл бұрын

@@vamsiguntupally6395 so you are going to bring cast here as well?

@vamsiguntupally6395 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrbeastwithnomoney Just wanted to re confirm the Legend name if he mentioned Veera Brahmam garu or any other person. I dont even know his caste name nor I mentioned about caste in my previous statement.

@musicon4602 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrbeastwithnomoney his name itself is brahmam not brahmin

@Tdop-fe2qy 3 жыл бұрын

China intentions are very selfish. This project is very risky not only for them but also for the people downstream of that river.

@ShadowPhoenixMaximus 3 жыл бұрын

That's the point, they want to strangle India because they support Tibet's sovereignty.

@simonm9597 3 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus I don't think China ever considered India in this project. India is still too weak.

@popopop984 3 жыл бұрын

They be stupid

@auritro3903 3 жыл бұрын

@@simonm9597 they didn't consider because India is their enemy

@Ninyaho 3 жыл бұрын

@@simonm9597 lol CCP

@bijayabaruwal4968 3 жыл бұрын

China should help Nepal also for building dams.....

@Apodeipnon 3 жыл бұрын

why does "water expert" make me laugh lol

@nottodayfolks4923 3 жыл бұрын

This would be a huge mistake. The Himalayas arent made of stone like the grand canyon. I see HUGE land slides as the Himalayas soak up all that water and become very unstable. NOT GOOD.

@jessl1934 3 жыл бұрын

You don't think that the glacial meltwater that literally fills the Bramhaputra river system across the Indian subcontinent coming from the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Ice Sheet would, I dunno, cause there to be a lot of water that would soak into the Himalayas, do you? Btw The Himalayas are literally comprised of granite and sedimentary rocks. It's not just a big old dirt pile, you know?

@nottodayfolks4923 3 жыл бұрын

@@jessl1934 better grab a book and learn something the Himalayan mountains are shrinking from erosion.

@nottodayfolks4923 3 жыл бұрын

@@jessl1934 The sedimentary rocks of the Himalayas include shale and limestone. NOT GOOD

@jessl1934 3 жыл бұрын

@@nottodayfolks4923 How do you think that the Grand Canyon formed if not by erosion? Do you really think that rock is impervious to water eroding it?

@nottodayfolks4923 3 жыл бұрын

@@jessl1934 we're not talking about the grand canyon. Stop deflecting. Stay on topic. 2 different parts of the planet.

@TheLeaderr 3 жыл бұрын

Nice... 3x the three gorges dam, that's a lot of electricity :V....

@BilalAhmed-pd6jd 2 жыл бұрын

You never make a video when India made dam on Pakistani river.

@mrblurblur2003 6 ай бұрын

Great China can always face up to greater challenges with determination and willpower. Long Live China.

@tomkelly8827 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Canada, but I have been to the three gorges dam. It produces as much power as 32 nuclear or coal power plants. If this is a bigger project then wow that is amazing! I much rather see this water being put to good use going around the corner then to see another 32 nuclear or coal plants go up. They have to power their factories to make your computer somehow, this looks like a much better plan then burning coal, gas, oil, uranium and also better then solar or wind. There will be consequences to any path they choose to produce their electricity, this dam looks like the lesser evil to me and I am so glad that they are not invading any small middle eastern country to get the energy that they need, rather they are using what they have to make what they need. It is brilliant and I fully support the plan! Of course it goes without saying that it is very important that this dam or tunnel will be well made. No matter what you do, it is always best if you do it well!

@johnb5254 3 жыл бұрын

Smart that China has proposed a productive use for the river. In India, they simply pollute it.

@dalv_alucard Жыл бұрын

Yes like most of chines rivers. Biggest polluted place

@suresh-dv7he 3 жыл бұрын

Without liberation of Tibet, South Asia will dry up.

@user_ar6332 3 жыл бұрын

@Milad Ismael Wrong. Pakistan gets more water from the Indus than they should. According to the Indus Water Treaty, Pakistan gets waters of Indus, Jheelum and Chenab. India gets Ravi, Sutlej and Beas. "What Is Indus Waters Treaty? India and Pakistan signed a treaty for sharing of river waters of the Indus drainage system in 1960. The agreement was mediated by the World Bank and named as the Indus Waters Treaty. Under this treaty, Pakistan got a favourable division of waters of the six rivers of the Indus system. Pakistan was given rivers that had greater volumes of flowing water. India was allocated the waters of the Sutlej, the Beas and the Ravi the three less voluminous eastern tributaries of the Indus. More voluminous rivers, the Indus and its western tributaries, the Jhelum and Chenab went to Pakistan. The distribution of river waters gave India a share of about 20 per cent or about 3.3 crore of 16.8 crore acre-feet of estimated water in the Indus system. India has never utilised full share of the Indus waters allocated to it."

@user_ar6332 3 жыл бұрын

@Milad Ismael If you want Indus "handed over to Pakistan" then you should talk to China, because Indus originates in Tibet. Indus also flows through Indian Kashmir, not just Ladakh. Indus waters are used in Indian Kashmir only, rest of India does not use it at all. Read the Indus Water Treaty.

@TheGuruStud 3 жыл бұрын

Say good bye to water, India.

@kean-leongang1167 3 жыл бұрын

I once believed anything reported by ABC. Lately, I just can't.

@imthevoice7482 3 жыл бұрын

Hi oppressed Chinese

@VulcanSpock 3 жыл бұрын

The madness of CCP

@TCLTCL-mk4vk 3 жыл бұрын

The madness of USA

@stoptrudeau42 3 жыл бұрын

@@TCLTCL-mk4vk +20 social credit score

@NewXTC7 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for covering this story.. As it will impact our river Brahmaputra in Assam.

@sandeeppanda7879 3 жыл бұрын

What is the point of building a dam here when there's hardly any city or population at that place?.. unless you have some ulterior motive.

@cryptohornbill9658 3 жыл бұрын

If it was built by India you would be celebrating 😂😂

@goldreverre 3 жыл бұрын

There are many hydro engineers at top levels of the CCP. To them, every social problem or political malaise can be solved by resource engineering.

@Drachepower 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrislogan33 Yu the great

@dss6838 3 жыл бұрын

The risks outweigh advantages. And moresoever it's a tactic to control water. If you read more about Mao's 5 finger strategy you will know it's a 70 decade plan to control water. I don't know what future wi we have if they weaponise water. And world will watch silently

@craigruchman7007 3 жыл бұрын

Rather see solar and an off shore wind farm built instead

@roro4787 3 жыл бұрын

They have done that this biased video failed to mention it

@theviniso 3 жыл бұрын

These things are great but they don't genererate nearly as much power as giant dam.

@jasons4045 3 жыл бұрын

They did , but let's be real solar Don't generate as much

@kkostadinof 3 жыл бұрын

Solar and wind generation is pittance compared to a hydropower plant. Also, they're INTERMITTENT and can't be used for base loading.

@charlesdickens6706 3 жыл бұрын

.....the writer Desmond Bagley wrote novels with this type of geotechnical theme . Very educational . I have one in mind set in northern Canada , the title doesn't come to mind though .

@firstnamecorrectlylastname713 3 жыл бұрын

china is like youtube. do it for views 😂

@TANOLI756 3 жыл бұрын

Where was western outrage when India's PM Modi scraped World Bank backed Indus water treaty and said Water and Blood cannot Flow together.... India's has built dozens of dam's in Disputed Kashmir..... Western hipocracy at best

@LambentOrt 3 жыл бұрын

The reason is greed. It's not about going green. It's about greed. Pure and simple greed.

@sammydevera2959 3 жыл бұрын

weeeeeh i know your jealous

@gowrinataraj5675 3 жыл бұрын

It’s game over for India

@williampark8504 3 жыл бұрын

Nevermind Tibet is not their's!

@CHL41993 3 жыл бұрын

Riskiest things are what superpowers do. Going to the moon is the riskiest space programme

@alifshishislam1283 3 жыл бұрын

Now India is showing concern about this dam and talking about downstream ecological impact. Their farkka and gojoldoba dams in padma river and teesta river have caused widespread ecological damage in the downstream country of Bangladesh. Unless you are the victim you fail to observe the impact of a these one sided decisions. A separate law should be enforced throughout the world on international rivers, otherwise this is only going to increase tension among neighbouring countries.

@GameControlYT 3 жыл бұрын

Idiot Bangladesh itself said yes to making it and water sharing deals were made when those two dam were made. Treesta had flood issue even before those dames were made, Bangladesh still get 35% of water supply which is same as the amount it used to get before the dam was made, Bangladesh still has fishing and transportation right in that river. What ecological issue you are talking about? Most of agriculture is done in Delta region away from the rives and barely any animals lives in those planes due to regular floods. Seriously

@adamiskandar5107 3 жыл бұрын

@@GameControlYT, If India can make it work, why not China? Instead of speculating, countries should cooperate!

@GameControlYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@adamiskandar5107 cooperation never brought anything good in the world

@adamiskandar5107 3 жыл бұрын

@@GameControlYT with such a sweeping statement, how to dialogue?

@GameControlYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@adamiskandar5107 you don't, just keep quiet

@Kaipi1988 11 ай бұрын

The Three Gorges Dam created so much pressure upstream that it actually caused major earthquakes after it filled up. This is a geologically unstable region already... that much water would create earthquakes. If that dam broke, it would kill millions downstream in both India and Bangladesh. This is a terrible idea, and very much can be used as a weapon.

@parthamohan5891 3 жыл бұрын

If the Arunachal mega dam comes up than this won't be a problem as 90% of India's Brahmaputra is from other two indian tributaries🙂🙏🏼

@samuelford9384 3 жыл бұрын

This Projekt would destroy so much nature and land!

@MaTara01 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, no wonder the Chinese are having wet dreams about it!!!

@rag7027 3 жыл бұрын

I am sure once this mega project goes underway it will be nothing but successful. Love and support from neighbouring Nepal.

@GhostAtSchool 3 жыл бұрын

Why am getting notifications, i didn't subscribed, didn't even know about this channel

@_adityaacharya_8550 3 жыл бұрын

the great bend is truly spectacular

@hasnatsakib7223 3 жыл бұрын

report about indian dams that are hurting Bangladesh and even India themselves..

@rightway9433 3 жыл бұрын

A great construction project in human history. 👍

@raahinyapratapsingh1629 11 ай бұрын

India should send medha patekar to China She has expertise in stalling hydro electric projects and escalating it's cost

@parthamohan5891 3 жыл бұрын

If this help Tibet & Yunnan province than I am super happy for them🙂❤️👌👌👌

@taralewis8460 3 жыл бұрын

Feel so bad for the real owners of the land Tibetans.

@kmwong1786 3 жыл бұрын

China is clearly working hard to achieve the CO2 neutral emission target. Where are the actions of other countries? US? UK? Anyone?

@superghostfresh9095 3 жыл бұрын

They are nowhere near their target. You have been fed state media lies.

@todayschef1734 3 жыл бұрын

The American journalist crying over how "nuts" it is lol

@abnerpioquid9798 11 ай бұрын

CCP China forgot that God created water to be free, greediness will drown them with water...

@ignacionacho4698 3 жыл бұрын

I hope they can build it go ahead china

@ftowords 3 жыл бұрын

Look at what happened to Mekong River from China’s dams. The down stream countries are affected. This project in Himalaya wouldn’t be a good idea.

@eriksantoso1741 3 жыл бұрын

They would not care as long as they still owned a lot of money and still in number one foreign reserves,they still make,make and make the infrastructure.Because that the weapon they used.If us using military as weapon,while china using money,trade,financial as they weapon and it's inevitables in this day society

@aghoranand9750 3 жыл бұрын

No worry it'd be halted

@subhashthapa9181 3 жыл бұрын

India also doing the same weaponising dams all along the border with Nepal. India made so many illegal dams alongside the border with Nepal without even consulting with Nepal like for an example, a dam called tanakpur bridge, koshi bridge, so many of them and even Nepal requested many times to India for meetings to solve these issues but india said no for the meetings and because of that so many agricultural lands of nepal going barren. Please make a video on that also how india bullying it's small neighbour.

@bingbong5159 3 жыл бұрын

Same in bangladesh

@left4deadR 3 жыл бұрын

We're loving it. Have fun

@emmastone6496 3 жыл бұрын

Really?? As if we already don't have enough border issues and internal issues, that we have time to "bully" other countries?? We'll see who's bullying who. Sri Lanka has come to its senses to what happens when you think China is a friend. India and Nepal really share most of their culture. Why the heck we are gonna bully you dude.

@emmastone6496 3 жыл бұрын

@@bingbong5159 Same in America.

@ShubhoBose 2 жыл бұрын

Building dams downstream doesn't affect you. Building upstream though does affect what happens downstream. Huge difference.