Centuries-old Tibetan monastery demolished for China’s hydropower station

By Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, July 29: Chinese authorities in Drakkar County, located in Tsolho (Ch. Hainan) Prefecture in the Amdo (Ch. Qinghai) region, have completed the demolition of the 19th-century Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Atsok Gon Dechen Choekor Ling, to make way for the construction of the Yangqu hydropower station on the Machu River (internationally known […]