China’s dam empire is crumbling—literally and figuratively. In 1949, the People’s Republic had a handful of major dams. By 2025, Water Resources Minister Li Guoying boasted of nearly 95,000 dams. But ...

As of 6 pm on Sunday, six of the eight missing persons in the mountain flood in Longsheng county, South China's Guangxi ...

A recent study led by Prof. Chen Yaning from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Beijing's drive to build more artificial waterways essential to integrate inland economies with richer coastal regions, analysts say A new 767-kilometre-long canal linking the inland rare earth hub of ...

Li Qiang, born in Wenzhou in 1959, became China's premier in March 2023. Li’s first provincial government job was in the civil affairs department, providing welfare to the rural poor.

Alice joined the Post in November 2024 and covers China's economy. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Hong Kong. She was previously a summer intern at the Post and ...

The 14th People's Congress of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region ... The Pinglu Canal, the first direct river-to-sea canal project since the founding of the People's Republic of China, spans 134.2 ...