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China to build world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet

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China to build world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet , stoking concerns about displacement of communities in Tibet and environmental impacts downstream in India and Bangladesh .

The dam will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, which could generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam .

Chinese state media has described the development as "a safe project that prioritises ecological protection" Human rights groups and experts have raised concerns about the development's knock-on effects.

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