Inside China’s Controversial $167 Billion Mega-Dam

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In one of the most earthquake-prone regions on Earth, where the Tibetan Plateau meets the Himalayas, China is building a colossal hydropower system that will dwarf the Three Gorges Dam. By tunneling through mountains that surround the planet’s biggest canyon, the project is an ultra-ambitious gamble on clean energy–and one with potential consequences for China’s neighbors.

00:00 The Project of the Century
01:14 The Hydropower Potential of The Great Bend
02:49 Engineering the Impossible: Scale and Output
05:25 The Engineering State: Why China Builds
07:03 The Unseen Costs: Challenges and Risks
08:54 Lessons from The Mekong: A Downstream Warning
11:36 Geopolitical Fallout: India and Bangladesh
13:47 A Planet Re-shaped