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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson in Taipei

China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam

An aerial view of the river flowing round a bend in Tibet.
The dam is designed to harness the power of the Yarlung Tsangpo river. Photograph: China News Service/Getty Images

Construction of the world’s biggest hydropower megadam has begun, China’s premier has said, calling it the “project of the century”.

The huge structure is being built on the Yarlung Tsangpo river, in Tibetan territory.

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