HONG KONG -- Addressing ordered ranks of construction workers, government officials and cadres in traditional Tibetan dress standing at attention in a clearing ringed by misty Himalayan mountain peaks, Chinese Premier Li Qiang three months ago hailed the official launch of the country's "project of the century" -- an ambitious 1.2 trillion yuan ($168 billion) hydropower project to be built at the site of the world's deepest canyon.
A bend in the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Medog County, Tibet: China plans to use a system of steep tunnels to divert river flows through power turbines before the water rejoins the looping river at a lower altitude. © Getty Images
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