Beijing, Feb. 4 -- China recently announced plans to build the largest hydropower dam in the world, with a capacity to generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam, the new dam will be located on the transboundary Brahmaputra River.

However, China's construction and operation of dams has sparked controversy as building river dams and artificial reservoirs causes "irreversible modification of natural landscapes" and "such extensive interfeence can even increase the risk of earthquakes, according to The Institute for Security and Development Policy Stockholm-paper on these dams.

The paper, "Chinese Water Projects in Tibet:A "Continental Challenge" written by Antonina Luszczykiewicz-Mendis noted, "In December 2024, Beijing an...