The largest river in China and the third largest river in the world, the 6,300-kilometer-long Yangtze River plays an important role in China. The Yangtze River basin – with its fertile soil ...

Accordingly, Sichuan has completed the "7 plus 5" international rail-sea network, and has been operating trans-border railway ...

While you can travel China by train, plane or car, a river cruise down the Yangtze is a one-stop shop ... Chengdu’s Giant Pandas and Beijing’s ancient marvels, you’ll get an incredible ...

Here’s how big the Yangtze is. A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides ...

Native to China’s Yangtze River, the Chinese paddlefish was thought ... including those of ancient Chinese emperors. Overfishing caused their populations to decline drastically in the latter ...

Biqiong Wu is at the Hubei Key Laboratory of Intelligent Yangtze and Hydroelectric Science, China Yangtze Power Company, Yichang, China. China’s Yangtze River is the longest in Eurasia and the ...

Every year, these prehistoric fish journey some 2,000 miles from the East China Sea to their spawning grounds in the Yangtze River. Or, at least they used to. In recent years, this ancient ...

The Yangtze river’s finless porpoise is one of the very few porpoises (relatives of dolphins and whales) that live in fresh water. Its small size and cute 'smile' make it much loved in China and ...

The 20th-century novelist Pearl S. Buck dubbed it "the wildest, wickedest river" for its murderous floods. So much of China's past lies on the Yangtze; now, a trip along the river also affords a ...