WWF-US / J.J. Huckin The Yangtze River flows for 6,300km, more than halfway across China. Its river basin is around 1.8 million sq km – almost a fifth of China's land area. As China’s economy has ...

Central inspection report says pollution and illegal activity causing ... waterway Environmental degradation is threatening China's Yangtze River and its two largest freshwater lakes, a ...

One of Asia's busiest waterways needs help to restore smooth sailing and boost regional economies, experts say China's ...

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 ...

Thanks to sustained conservation efforts, sightings of finless porpoises along the Yangtze river have grown increasingly ...

You Shaoqiang, chief engineer of the tunnel project of China Railway 14th Bureau, told Xinhua: "This project will play a pivotal role in promoting regional integration within the Yangtze River ...

Wetlands in the Middle Yangtze River Basin (MYRB ... by researchers from the China University of Geosciences and the National University of Singapore, examined the ecological quality of wetlands ...

They’ve lived in China’s Yangtze River for perhaps ... Heavy shipping traffic, overfishing, and water pollution have also plagued Yangtze River waters and taken a heavy toll on these aquatic ...

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 ...