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 ...

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 ...

[Photo/VCG] An ecological barrier and a golden waterway, the Yangtze River plays an important role in China's socioeconomic ... It should, on the one hand, reduce pollution discharged in ...

A staff member works inside "Jianghai," a giant self-developed tunnel boring machine deployed for the construction of the Haitai Yangtze River Tunnel, in Haimen, East China's Jiangsu province on ...

One of Asia's busiest waterways needs help to restore smooth sailing and boost regional economies, experts say China's Yangtze River ... as well as more pollution in the area.

Chinese authorities issued more flood warnings for China’s Yangtze River on Friday, as heavy rains were forecast in provinces in the country’s south. At least 141 people have died or are ...

Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it looks like it has a perpetual smile on its face. To track how this ...

Japan fears summer floods caused by global warming. In China, too, a series of floods occurred along the Yangtze River in the summer of 2020. And now, the switch from flooding to drought reminds ...

CHONGQING -- Tourism moves in mysterious ways. Trends in travel ebb and flow like a mighty river -- in this case, China's Yangtze, the longest river in Asia and the third longest on Earth.