China can't just keep building the world's biggest dam in secret Brahmaputra project poses risks for India and Bangladesh

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Wipro plans to spend $1 billion to train its 250,000 employees in artificial intelligence and integrate the technology into its product offerings.

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China can't just keep building the world's biggest dam in secret

Brahmaputra project poses risks for India and Bangladesh.China is unmatched as the world's hydro hegemon, with more large dams in service than every other country combined. Now it is building the world's first super dam, close to its heavily militarized frontier with India.

This megaproject, with a planned capacity of 60 gigawatts, would generate three times as much electricity as the Three Gorges Dam, now the world's largest hydropower plant. China, though, has given few updates about the project's status since the National People's Congress approved it in March 2021.

Opacity about the development of past projects has often served as cover for quiet action. Beijing has a record of keeping work on major dam projects on international rivers under wraps until the activity can no longer be hidden in commercially available satellite imagery.

The super dam is located in some of the world's most treacherous terrain, in an area long thought impassable.