(TibetanReview.net, Nov12’25) – A massive section of the newly constructed Hongqi Bridge in a historically Tibetan region of what is now part of Republic of China’s Sichuan province has dramatically collapsed into a river below on Nov 11 afternoon, just days after the inauguration of a newly built hydroelectric power dam nearby which is likely to have caused it.
The bridge is built in the city of Maerkang (Tibetan: Barkham), Aba (Ngawa, or Ngaba) Prefecture, along the national highway G317, linking China’s heartland with the rest of Tibet from this site.
There were no reports of casualties apparently because police in the city had closed the bridge to all traffic from the afternoon ...





