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 ...

The Yangtze, 6,300 km long, is the largest river in China, and the third largest in ... The Yellow River valley was one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese civilization. It has lush pasturelands ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is excellent cell phone coverage at the bottom of the Yangtze ... called it River Town—I sent it out to agents and publishers, nearly all of whom rejected it. In the 1990s China hadn ...

China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday urged solid efforts to strengthen democratic oversight over the eco-environmental conservation of the Yangtze River. Wang, a member of the ...

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 ...

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 ...