{"id":133415,"date":"2025-07-24T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=133415"},"modified":"2025-07-24T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:00:20","slug":"what-do-we-know-about-the-site-of-chinas-mega-dam-in-tibet-and-what-is-its-significance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=133415","title":{"rendered":"What do we know about the site of China\u2019s mega dam in Tibet and what is its significance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has officially broken ground on what is set to become the world\u2019s largest hydropower dam on the Tibetan Plateau.<br \/>\nThe dam is being built on the Yarlung Tsangpo in Medog \u2013 a remote yet geopolitically significant county close to the disputed border with India.<br \/>\nAs well as becoming a major energy source, the dam is a key element in Beijing\u2019s plans to develop the region and strengthen its border security.<br \/>\nHowever, it could also aggravate tensions with India as a result of a long-running border&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3319485\/what-do-we-know-about-site-chinas-mega-dam-tibet-and-what-its-significance?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has officially broken ground on what is set to become the world\u2019s largest hydropower dam on the Tibetan Plateau. The dam is being&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133415"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}