Nearly 4,000 miles long, the Yangtze has watered civilizations for millennia—and laid waste to them too. The eighth-century poet Li Bai wrote that navigating the river was "even harder than ...

[Photo/VCG] An ecological barrier and a golden waterway, the Yangtze River plays an important role in China's socioeconomic development. Accounting for 43.1 percent of the nation's total ...

The Yangtze River Delta has emerged as a leader in China's economic landscape, with 35 of its 41 cities surpassing the national GDP growth average of 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025 ...

The Yangtze is China’s longest river, and it is an important home for fish and other animals. A government report says the river’s health is improving. But there is still a long way to go to ...

To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program. Implemented in ...

A heartwarming scene in Sichuan, China, in mid-April: low water levels had left many fish stranded among rocks along the Yangtze River – but a kind-hearted woman quickly came to the rescue.

“We’re connecting 2,000 years of Chinese culture with biodiversity,” says Mei, who grew up along the Yangtze River listening to village elders speak of the porpoises as weather-predicting ...

About five kilometers west of the city, the gigantic Gezhouba Dam is a newly constructed water control project on the Yangtze River. The hydraulic power station is two hundred meters in length and ...

According to the prosecutors, Huang was likely recruited by Beijing's intelligence services when doing business in China and after returning to Taiwan, started working with Ho, Wu Shang-yu and Chiu to ...