| 单词 | Yangtze |
| 例句 | “A bridge on the Yangtze River. I forget the name. I read up on stuff like that,” said Brooke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On February 6, 2006—a year and a week after he’d crossed the frozen Tumen River into China—Shin arrived in Hangzhou, a city of about six million in the Yangtze River Delta. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Some or all of these centers may actually comprise several nearby centers where food production arose more or less independently, such as North China’s Yellow River valley and South China’s Yangtze River valley. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Or, to put it another way, one in every 18 people on Earth lives along the Yangtze. Nadav Kander's Yangtze photographs show a people sold down the river 2010-10-20T08:31:00Z And then, last August, I read “Chicago on the Yangtze,” an article in Foreign Policy magazine that laid out your brief but impressive history. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z After witnessing the death of his long-lost dream girl, he flies to Beijing, eager to look on the Yangtze River he has seen in the enchanting picturebook he reads to his children. Louie: a comic look at the messy life of a divorced dad – box set review 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The restaurant’s purveyors scoured the small farms in the countryside of the Lower Yangtze region — known as Jiangnan, “south of the river” — for the freshest produce, pork and chicken. If you think you can’t cook real Chinese food at home, she’ll prove you wrong 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z A Han dynasty historian, writing 200 years after Shihuangdi’s reign, said his coffin was set amid rivers of mercury that reproduced the courses of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. ‘Terracotta Warriors’ exhibit makes grand entrance at Pacific Science Center 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z “It’s the dragon river,” he said, using the Yangtze’s nickname, “and they cut it in half.” Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z A previous donation from the family, a 53-foot-long Chinese scroll from the 17th century that depicts Yangtze riverbanks, filled an MFA gallery this summer. Large Gift of Chinese Art Goes to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Shanghai, where the Yangtze meets the Pacific, comprised some 200,000 residents when a director of the British East India Company first saw it in 1832 and quickly understood its potential. ‘A History of Future Cities’: urban gateways between East and West 2013-02-20T19:58:37Z This month his 1974 oil painting “Panoramic View of the Yangtze River” sold for $8.4 million at an auction in Beijing. Wu Guanzhong, Leading Chinese Painter, Dies at 90 2010-06-29T23:12:00Z Kunqu opera, after all, is one of the most venerated forms of traditional Chinese theater, and for hundreds of years it flourished near Shanghai, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River Delta. ?The Peony Pavilion? Gets Modern Touches in China 2010-08-17T22:56:00Z The gregarious 57-year-old Slovenian has swum the lengths of the Amazon, Yangtze and Mississippi Rivers, so this particular 2.2-mile jaunt was really no big whoop. Let’s swim to work! 2012-09-15T13:30:00Z And now, with “The Land of Fish and Rice,” I expect that circle to widen farther, into the lower Yangtze region. If you think you can’t cook real Chinese food at home, she’ll prove you wrong 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Apart from being a departure point for Yangtze River cruises, Chongqing had little to see. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z Atop chairs, tables, and an overstuffed sofa, black-and-white prints of junks on the Yangtze River competed for space with cancelled passports and half-century-old issues of Vogue and Collier’s. Getting to the Bottom of a Mickey Hahn Mystery 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Q: Which Chinese river is home to the world’s tallest dam: the Yangtze, Yalong or the Pearl? Which Chinese river is home to the world’s tallest dam? 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z The master bedroom’s granite walls are made of street planks from a Chinese city that was flooded by the construction of the Yangtze dam. Into the West 2010-05-01T04:00:00Z He was born into comfort and privilege in 1921 in Nantong, near the mouth of the Yangtze River on the southeast Chinese coast. Zao Wou-Ki, an Abstract Fusion Master 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z "Unrelentingly bleak" … a fisherman on the bank of the Yangtze. The Dark Road by Ma Jian – review 2013-05-02T11:00:02Z Approximately one of every fifteen people on earth lives in the watershed of the Yangtze. The Many Lives Along the Yangtze River 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Diqing is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a Unesco World Heritage Site, where the Yangtze, Mekong and Salween Rivers run roughly parallel, through steep gorges. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z Scientists said on Monday an analysis of well-preserved ancient peach pits traces the domestication of this sweet fruit back at least 7,500 years to China's lower Yangtze River Valley in the vicinity of Shanghai. Peachy keen: ancient pits reveal origin of peach domestication 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Maintaining the cool ideological distance that served so well in his last feature, “Up the Yangtze,” Mr. Chang quietly observes the tension between individual ambition and national identity. Movie Review: ‘China Heavyweight,’ a Documentary by Yung Chang 2012-07-05T22:55:22Z The dismantling of industrial plants in the Shanghai area before the Japanese advance and their evacuation nearly 1,500km up the Yangtze to Chongqing was a triumph of human endeavour. China's War With Japan by Rana Mitter – review 2013-06-30T13:00:01Z The ones who escaped fled to the Yangtze. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z Victoria Cruises, which specializes in Yangtze River cruises in China, has new suites that offer a private lounge and restaurant. 2010-02-12T04:09:00Z In Zhenjiang, on the Yangtze River, Pearl Buck's childhood home where once the mob would hurl threats and insults at her, there is now a museum in her honour. Burying the Bones: Pearl Buck's Life in China by Hilary Spurling 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z After culinary school, Chang was assigned to work on a luxury cruise line that transported international tourists up and down the Yangtze River. How chef Peter Chang stopped running and started empire-building 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z In recent months, parts of China's Yangtze river, which is responsible for 45% of the country's economic output, have been closed to ships because water levels are more than 50% below normal. 5 problems that could slow supplies of food and other goods this winter 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The Three Gorges Dam — whose construction on the nearly 4,000-mile-long Yangtze was responsible for much of Chongqing’s growth — gnawed at him. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z Inhabitants of the eastern provinces didn’t really develop a taste for it, but it found its way along the Yangtze to Hunan and Sichuan. There is no “Chinese cuisine” 2012-12-03T12:45:00Z The screenings begin on Monday with Gary Marcuse’s “Waking the Green Tiger,” a 2011 Canadian and Chinese film about the campaign to stop a dam project on the upper Yangtze River. Spare Times for Aug. 15-21 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z A century ago, you were but a minor port on the Yangtze, a backwater of south-central China with a slightly different name, Chungking. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z Beyond them, when the sunlight strengthened, I could see the craggy outlines of mountains, and sense the distant dips that heralded the conjunction of the Jialing and Yangtze Rivers. Lost in China 2010-12-24T19:55:00Z On her way to find him — it’s now 2006 — she takes a ferry down the Yangtze River, through the area soon to be inundated by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. ‘Ash Is Purest White’ Review: Love Smolders and Crime Pays in a Changing China 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z This spring, the Yangtze Repertory Theater commissioned five playwrights to adapt tales pulled from Pu Songling’s classic, often supernaturally tinged collection “Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio.” Theater to Stream: A Dispatch From Britain and a Greek Classic 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Along the banks of a Yangtze tributary in Hubei Province, I approached a battered houseboat. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z Hessler spent two years teaching English in a nondescript small town on the Yangtze, and used it as a base from which to explore the country's enigmatic past, inscrutable present and unpredictable future. Hilary Spurling's top 10 unputdownable Chinese books 2010-05-11T10:30:00Z Victoria Cruises is offering d iscounts on Yangtze River sailings and shore excursion packages. Travel deals from around the globe 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Set in the river towns and vast waste sites that line the banks of the Yangtze in Guangdong province, it tackles the grim issue of forced abortions and sterilisations with a prolonged and unflinching gaze. The Dark Road by Ma Jian – review 2013-05-02T11:00:02Z "The Yangtze River and the Yellow River will not flow backwards." China ex-Premier Li Keqiang, sidelined by Xi Jinping, dies at 68 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z A new research paper published in Science Advances reveals how changes in the size of the Yangtze River watershed may have led to the carving of deep canyons. New development model for the world's third-longest river 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The drought has dried up much of the water in the Yangtze, China’s longest river. Droughts Cause Problems Around the World 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z In China, the water levels in the Yangtze River have also dropped greatly. Droughts Reveal Hidden History Worldwide 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He wants to prove to people along the Nile, the Seine, the Yangtze or the River Thames that their river can be saved, too. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z China’s deadliest and most destructive floods in recent history were in 1998, when 4,150 people died, most of them along the Yangtze River. 15 killed by floods in southwestern China as seasonal torrents hit mountain areas 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Landscape evolution simulations demonstrated that expansion of the Yangtze watershed since the Late Miocene could be responsible for 1 to 2 kilometers of fluvial incision. New development model for the world's third-longest river 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z China’s worst floods in recent history were in 1998, when 4,150 people died, most of them along the Yangtze River. Flooding displaces 10,000 around China as Beijing gets a slight respite from an extreme heat wave 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Above, dried mud in the Yangtze river bed. Droughts Reveal Hidden History Worldwide 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Many of the strikes are concentrated in China's manufacturing heartland of Guangdong province and the Yangtze River Delta, and involve exporters, including from garment, shoe and printed circuit board factories, CLB said. Tumbling exports feed worker unrest in world's factory China 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z China has also repeatedly said its enhanced ability to store and release water on the upper reaches of the Yangtze has alleviated downstream floods and droughts. Global water reservoir volumes decline despite construction boom -study 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z State-owned Wuhan Yangtze River Asset Management Co is a professional platform responsible for the disposal of various non-performing assets in the central city, according to its official website. China's Wuhan finance regulator urges hundreds of firms to repay debt, local media report 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Comparable Neolithic settlements in China emerged around 8000 BCE along the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, where people cultivated millet and rice. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In China, the water levels in the Yangtze River have also dropped greatly. Droughts Reveal Hidden History Worldwide 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The local economy in Suzhou, a city on the Yangtze River near Shanghai, shows many of the national trends. With ‘Zero Covid’ Behind It, China’s Economy Starts to Recover 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z One is Shang, and the other from the middle Yangtze River region to the south. Ancient Chinese artifacts superb for their time — or indeed any time 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z AI giant SenseTime and chip leaders such as Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. Biden to limit growth in China for chipmakers getting U.S. funds 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Around ten thousand years ago, Asian peoples living on the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers began farming crops like rice, millet, and soybeans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Chien-Shiung Wu was born the same year as the New Republic of China, in a small town in the Yangtze River basin. The Little-Known Origin Story behind the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Cities with high numbers of foreclosures were mostly in central and western China, as well as the prosperous Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions, according to the property research firm. In China, more families on the fence on home buying, foreclosures cloud sector 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z In China, parts of the Yangtze River, whose surrounding provinces produce 45% of the country's economic output, were closed to ships because water levels were more than 50% below average. Droughts leave cargo riverboats high and dry 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Yangtze sued Hindenburg, founder Nathan Anderson and a sister company, ClaritySpring Inc, for defamation in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, where Hindenburg is based. Column: Column: Adani Group threatens, but Hindenburg Research rarely sued in U.S. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The country today stretches for roughly a thousand miles from north to south and east to west, occupying a temperate zone dominated by two major river systems, the Yellow and the Yangtze. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z From its original epicentre in the north, including the capital Beijing, COVID-19 infections are spreading throughout the country and cases are impeding workforces in manufacturing belts, including the Yangtze River Delta, near Shanghai. Corporate China struggles with supply snags, demand slump as COVID cases spread 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Both the Yangtze in China and the Rhine in Europe dropped to historically low levels in 2022. 2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Details: Yangtze Memory Technology Corporation, which was said to be in talks with Apple to potentially supply components for the iPhone 14, is on the list. Your Friday Briefing: The U.S. Will Train More Ukraine Troops 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Eros' lawsuit was more complicated than the Yangtze River case, but the outcome was the same. Column: Column: Adani Group threatens, but Hindenburg Research rarely sued in U.S. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Along the Yellow River, people mainly cultivated millet, while on the Yangtze it was rice. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Among the most notable companies added to the list is Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation, a company that was said to be in talks with Apple to potentially supply components for the iPhone 14. U.S. Cracks Down on Chinese Companies for Security Concerns 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z At that time, freshwater dolphins still swam in the Yangtze River, golden toads still hopped through the cloud forests of Costa Rica and there were more than two northern white rhinos alive. 50 Years After the Apollo 17 Mission, the Moon Looks Closer Than Ever 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Over the past year, Wuhan, which straddles the Yangtze River in central China, has been in intermittent, partial lockdown as some regional logistic centres such as Dongxi Hu District reported cases throughout the year. In China's Wuhan, a shadow of reserve and resentment even as COVID lockdowns ease 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Hindenburg had offered a disclaimer about its short position in Yangtze shares at the beginning of its report, the judge noted. Column: Column: Adani Group threatens, but Hindenburg Research rarely sued in U.S. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The earliest Neolithic settlements in China, from around 8000 BCE, were located along two of its major rivers, the Yellow and the Yangtze. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Mao took a swim in the Yangtze river in 1966 to show he was still fit at 73. Obituary: China's Jiang Zemin confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z In China's Yangtze river basin, it's bone dry. Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the 'skin of the Earth' 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Word trickled out in March that Apple was in talks with an obscure Chinese memory chip maker, Yangtze Memory Technology Corporation, or YMTC, to supply components for the iPhone 14. Apple Built Its Empire With China. Now Its Foundation Is Showing Cracks. 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z China's Ministry of Emergency Management also on Tuesday said it expected a drought along the Yangtze basin in November, while central and southern China is at "extremely high risk" of bush fires. Southern China at risk of winter drought, drop in hydropower 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Two of the early sites discovered there are Pengtoushan and Bashidang, both located in the Yangtze River valley in modern Hunan province. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In 2007 Bo was sent to run Chongqing, a vast city that straddles the Yangtze River in the mountains of southwest China. Xi Jinping's party is just getting started 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z By contrast, there's not enough water in the vast Yangtze basin, which produces a third of China's crops. Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the 'skin of the Earth' 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Applied Materials, KLA and Lam Research have started or are preparing to pull employees from Yangtze Memory Technologies, the country’s most advanced maker of memory chips, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Chip gear-maker ASML asks U.S. staff to refrain from China customers 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The list of 31 entities issued Friday morning included significant research institutions, like divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Biden Administration to Clamp Down on China’s Access to Chip Technology 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z China also just had its driest summer in 60 years, leaving its famous Yangtze river half its normal width. Climate change made summer drought 20 times more likely 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Administration officials are also considering other measures that could apply to the Chinese memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, several people familiar with the discussions said. U.S. Said to Plan New Limits on China’s A.I. and Supercomputing Firms 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z In the Yangtze river basin, wetter weather would be welcome. Dying lands: Farmers fight to save the 'skin of the Earth' 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Extreme heat and a severe lack of rainfall meant China's biggest river, the Yangtze, shrank. China, Europe, US drought: Is 2022 the driest year recorded? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The Yangtze Delta in eastern China is the country's most prosperous region, with Shanghai the nation's financial and commercial capital and neighbouring cities important centres of industry. Chinese cities halt flights, trains as Typhoon Muifa nears 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z So is “Please test the Yangtze River Bridge,” which refers to the bridge in the video. Playing the Kafkaesque Show of Covid for an Audience of One 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The Yangtze River, which bisects China, dipped so low that the oceangoing vessels that typically traverse its upper reaches from the rainy summer into early winter could no longer run. Climate Change Could Worsen Supply Chain Turmoil 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Hit over the summer by its worst heatwave in six decades, China's drought-stricken Yangtze River Basin is struggling with both power and water shortages. From Pakistan to Texas, big rains after extreme heat deliver double punch 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Wearing a laboratory coat, China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, inspected a subsidiary of Yangtze Memory Technologies Company, a national semiconductor company based in Wuhan. Xi Jinping’s Vision for Tech Self-Reliance in China Runs Into Reality 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Besides drought, extreme heat along the Yangtze River Basin has also threatened crops around many cities and localities. Heat-weary Chongqing, Sichuan now on flood alert amid torrential rain 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The Yangtze River has receded so much that many oceangoing ships can no longer reach upstream ports, forcing China to divert large numbers of trucks to carry their cargo. Your Monday Briefing: Record Heat Disrupts China 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z It is trying to force clouds to rain over the Yangtze River, which is running dry in some spots. Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Once-submerged Buddhist statues loom above the Yangtze River’s banks in Chongqing, China. Drought is exposing world relics — from dinosaur tracks to Nazi ships 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi told the executives of Yangtze Memory, or YMTC, that semiconductors were as important for manufacturing as hearts for humans. Xi Jinping’s Vision for Tech Self-Reliance in China Runs Into Reality 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z China issued a national drought emergency earlier this month as record-high temperatures continued to scorch the regions along the Yangtze River. Chinese drillers work 15-hour days building wells in drought-hit Jiangxi 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Now the dugong may be gone from China’s coast forever, joining the Yangtze River dolphin and other species that have disappeared from the country’s rivers and seas. A ‘Sea Cow’ That Evoked Mermaids Is Extinct in Chinese Waters, Study Finds 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z People’s Daily, the main newspaper of the Communist Party, reported on Aug. 19 that the Yangtze River had fallen to the same average level it normally reaches at the end of the winter dry season. China’s Record Drought Adds to Its Economic and Climate Woes 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Buddhist statues built during the Ming and Qing dynasties cropped up on an island reef in the Yangtze, which is experiencing record-low water levels. Drought is exposing world relics — from dinosaur tracks to Nazi ships 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Numerous fires have started over the past week amid the high heat and drought, with particularly intense blazes in central parts of the country near Chongqing, a city along the trickling Yangtze River. China’s summer heat wave is breaking all records 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Red China is red-hot, with a heat wave accompanied by a drought drying up the Yangtze River, crippling hydroelectric power in Sichuan province and the neighboring municipality of Chongqing. Car-charging stations, factories shut down in China as drought cripples hydroelectric power 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Extreme heat in China played havoc on Wednesday despite lower temperatures in some regions, with authorities across the Yangtze river basin scrambling to limit the damage from climate change on power, crops and livestock. EU to urge big polluters to toughen climate pledges by COP27 summit -draft 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The Yangtze River has receded so much that many oceangoing ships can no longer reach upstream ports. China’s Record Drought Adds to Its Economic and Climate Woes 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Due to record heatwave and low water level of Yangtze River, much of Sichuan and Chongqing in SW China which depend on hydropower has cut electricity. China heatwave: Sichuan residents flee heatwaves and power cuts underground 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Wide swaths of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, which meet in the city, have dried up, drawing people to the exposed riverbed. Some like it hot: Eating spicy in China’s WWII shelters 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, over in China, water levels in the Yangtze River have revealed an entire island that was previously submerged. Devastating global droughts are revealing warships, dino footprints, and ancient megaliths 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze, has shrunk in places to less than half the width of its channel through the heart of Chongqing. AP PHOTOS: Drought changes landscape in southwest China 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The upper Yangtze basin normally gets half its entire annual rainfall just in July and August, so the failure of this year’s rains may mean a long wait for more water. China’s Record Drought Adds to Its Economic and Climate Woes 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z For its supporters, the enormous dam has been an engineering marvel delivering vast amounts of electricity and proving much needed flood control for the mighty Yangtze River. China heatwave: Sichuan residents flee heatwaves and power cuts underground 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Summer rainfall in the Yangtze river basin is the lowest since records began in 1961, according to China's Ministry of Water Resources. Signs of record drought along China’s longest river 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Three 600-year-old Buddhist statues emerge from the Yangtze River after a severe drought. Devastating global droughts are revealing warships, dino footprints, and ancient megaliths 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Along the Yangtze, which also runs through downtown Chongqing, families and children play in the shallow water near the base of an exposed bridge support column. AP PHOTOS: Drought changes landscape in southwest China 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z China’s Yangtze River is drying up, a year after deadly flooding. Weather whiplash: Summer lurches from drought to flood 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The drought and heat have wilted crops and shrunk rivers including the giant Yangtze, disrupting cargo traffic and reducing power output. Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Other provinces along the Yangtze river basin are also on high alert for grassland and forest fires. Signs of record drought along China’s longest river 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Image: Sky news Rainfall has fallen by around 45 percent in the Yangtze basin since July. Devastating global droughts are revealing warships, dino footprints, and ancient megaliths 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z China issued its first national drought alert of the year last week, after areas including Shanghai in the Yangtze Delta region and Sichuan in southwest China experienced weeks of extreme heat. Iconic Shanghai sights go dark as drought hits power supply 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The drought and heat have wilted crops and caused rivers including the giant Yangtze to shrink, disrupting cargo traffic. China extends power rationing for factories in drought 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z But in some regions along the Yangtze, cloud coverage appeared too thin for seeding, CNN reported. China hit by drought, floods, as Yangtze River runs dry 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Lakes fed by the Yangtze, such as the Dongting Lake in Hunan province, have shrunk dramatically, in an area that is reliant on irrigation for farming. Signs of record drought along China’s longest river 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The Ministry of Water Resources warned on Wednesday that soil moisture had seriously deteriorated in Chongqing, neighbouring Sichuan and several other provinces along the middle reaches of the Yangtze. China's farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The Yangtze basin, covering parts of 19 provinces, produces 45% of China’s economic output, according to the World Bank. Yangtze shrinks as China’s drought disrupts industry 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z With scant rainfall, the Yangtze River, the world’s third-longest river, has receded to a record low, with water levels falling by 16 to 20 feet compared with the same period last year. Factory Shutdowns, Showers for Pigs: China’s Heat Wave Strains Economy 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z China is suffering its worst drought on record as soaring temperatures dry up key parts of the Yangtze River, damaging crops and limiting drinking-water supplies in some central and southern communities. China hit by drought, floods, as Yangtze River runs dry 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Rainfall in the Yangtze basin has been around 45% lower than normal since July, and high temperatures are likely to persist for at least another week, according to official forecasts. China warns Yangtze drought could last until Sept as it races to protect harvests 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The central province of Anhui, which also relies on the Yangtze for water supplies, warned this week that excessively dry soil was affecting 88,000 hectares of autumn grain, according to CCTV. China's farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The Ministry of Water Resources said in a notice on Wednesday that drought throughout the Yangtze river basin was "adversely affecting drinking water security of rural people and livestock, and the growth of crops". China takes action to alleviate drought as record heatwave continues 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z China normally releases water from the Three Gorges reservoir to relieve drought on the Yangtze but downstream outflows are half the level of a year earlier, official data showed. China's Yangtze river shrinks as heatwave, drought threaten crops 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Extreme heat also struck parts of China last month, with “red alert” heat warnings going into effect across much of the Yangtze River Basin. Last Month Was among the Hottest Julys Ever Recorded 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Both the Chinese Paddlefish and the Yangtze Sturgeon were common species in the Yangzte river basin which has been plagued by heavy shipping traffic, overfishing and water pollution. Chinese Paddlefish and wild Yangtze Sturgeon extinct - IUCN 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z One species, the Yangtze sturgeon in China, can no longer be found in the wild. Why monarch butterflies, now endangered, are on the ‘edge of collapse’ 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Other regions on the Yangtze have also launched "cloud seeding" programmes, but with cloud cover too thin, operations in some drought-ravaged parts of the Yangtze basin have remained on standby. China takes action to alleviate drought as record heatwave continues 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z From June 1 to July 20, parts of the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins - major centres of industry and commerce - were hit by at least 10 high-temperature days more than the norm. Heatwaves to hit China from east to west as almanac's 'big heat' day looms 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The Yangtze sturgeon, a fish from China, has gone from critically endangered to extinct in the wild. Leading Wildlife Monitor Puts Monarch Butterflies on Its Endangered List 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z "Everyone, support the ban on fishing in the Yangtze River, and protect the habitats that are still in the Yangtze River," a user called Lychee said. Chinese Paddlefish and wild Yangtze Sturgeon extinct - IUCN 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z There are concerns about the conservation of the animals because of the destruction of their natural habitats, including the Yangtze Basin region in China, from infrastructure development, forest lost and climate change. An An, World’s Oldest Giant Male Panda in Captivity, Dies at 35 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z And China has recently sweltered under record-breaking temperatures, issuing rare “red” alerts in cities across the Yangtze River Basin. With Record-Breaking Heat, Europe Glimpses Its Climate Future 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Last month, in Dapocun village, on a tributary of the Yangtze River in southwest China, rushing waters flooded a bridge and nearby houses. China’s summer floods and heat waves fuel plans for a changing climate 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The commercial hub of Shanghai, located at the heart of manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, ended a city-wide lockdown on June 1, allowing more small factories in the region to resume production. China's June factory activity likely expanded for first time in 4 months: Reuters poll 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Industrial output in the commercial hub of Shanghai, which sits at the heart of manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, fell for a second month by 27.6% in May from a year earlier. China's industrial profits slump for second month in May 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The government has invested heavily in flood control and hydroelectric projects such as the massive Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze. South China floods force tens of thousands to evacuate 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The government has invested heavily in flood control and hydroelectric projects such as the gargantuan Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze. 10 killed, 3 missing in central China flooding 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Also, the use of the Yangtze chips would further concentrate microchip production in China, increasing the vulnerability of the U.S. supply chain. China conducts two threatening aerial intercepts 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z It is expected to provide 18.9 billion cubic meters of Russian gas to China’s economically vibrant Yangtze Delta region by 2025. Beijing chafes at Moscow’s requests for support, Chinese officials say 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The city and surrounding Yangtze River delta region are an artery of the Chinese economy, creating a big share of its manufactured goods, high tech, exports and tax revenues. Relief, Reunions and Some Anxiety as Shanghai (Mostly) Reopens 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The commercial hub of Shanghai, located at the heart of manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, is taking gradual steps towards ending a prolonged city-wide lockdown on June 1. China's factory activity likely contracted more slowly in May - Reuters poll 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Pierced by winding rivers and dotted with ponds and lakes, the Jiangnan region in China’s lower Yangtze area is famously the home of Shanghai, the country’s biggest city. A simple congee recipe for the beloved, adaptable rice porridge 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z That dragged down overall retail sales in the Yangtze River Delta, which plunged over 30%. Shanghai economy hit on all sides in April by COVID lockdown 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z At the same time, on the other side of the world, mahjong — a Chinese game of skill and luck played with dominolike tiles — was emerging in the Yangtze River Delta. This Elegant Trunk Holds a Complete Mahjong Set 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Instead of focusing on the Yangtze or the Yellow River, the two major rivers in China, the history teacher showed them documentaries about Taiwanese local history. Taiwan activist released from China says global help worked 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z But the city sits in the densely populated Yangtze Delta, which also includes Shanghai, and it remains in siege mode. Chinese city with ‘zero covid’ still hit by pandemic economic woes 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z “Trade data in April is likely to worsen too on anti-COVID measures in the Yangtze River and Pearl River deltas, which would significantly slow customs clearance efficiency. The real pressure is in the second quarter.” China's imports unexpectedly fall on domestic COVID curbs 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Output of Shanghai’s industries, located at the heart of manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, shrank 61.5% in April from a year earlier, the local statistics bureau said. Shanghai economy hit on all sides in April by COVID lockdown 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z "There will also be ripple effects elsewhere because of the interconnectedness between Shanghai and other regions of China, especially the manufacturing hub of the Yangtze River Delta," he said. Shanghai lockdown: Economy shaken by zero-Covid measures 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Yangtze declined to comment and Apple did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for a comment on the report. Apple mulls more memory chip suppliers, including China - Bloomberg News 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The port serves the Yangtze River Delta, one of the world’s busiest manufacturing regions with makers of smartphones, auto components and other goods. China tries to limit economic blow of Shanghai shutdown 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The researchers in China gave the test to 683 middle school students from north and south of the Yangtze River. Cowboy Culture Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Innovation 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z I picture our epic, tightly supervised railroad trip across China in February 1980 — all the way from Beijing to Sichuan, out west, before we boarded a boat back east down the Yangtze River. One American life, set on new course by Nixon’s China visit 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The Yangtze river saw the heaviest rainfall since 1961, with a 79% increase in June and July compared to the average for the period over the previous 41 years. Climate change: Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall in China 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z The Huanan Seafood Market is many miles, and across the Yangtze River, from the virology institute. Prominent scientist who said lab-leak theory of covid-19 origin should be probed now believes evidence points to Wuhan market 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Full of spectacular lakes and lush parks, Wuhan is divided by the magnificent Yangtze River and historically important Han River. Book excerpt: Sounding the first alarm on COVID-19 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Annual spring thaws send meltwater into the tributaries of many of Asia’s largest rivers, such as the Yangtze, Indus and Mekong. Muddier Rivers Are Jeopardizing Dams and Water Quality for Millions 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The suspect fled until he reached a bridge over the Yangtze River bridge and jumped off the bridge early Monday morning, police said. Wuhan police search for man who killed 7, jumped off bridge 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z At the entrance to Tenglong's lower cave, where the Qing River surges toward the Yangtze River, local spelunkers geared up on a recent day, fastening helmets, snaking ropes over their shoulders, packing waterproof bags. In search for coronavirus origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z China’s worst floods in recent years were in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3 million homes were destroyed, mostly along the Yangtze, China’s mightiest river. 1 dead, others trapped after Hong Kong scaffolding collapses 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z China’s worst floods in recent years were in 1998, when more than 2,000 people were killed and almost 3 million homes were destroyed, mostly along China’s mightiest river, the Yangtze. Fresh flooding in central China kills another 21 people 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The China Meteorological Administration warned that heavy rainstorms were likely to continue until next week, with regions along the Yangtze river vulnerable to flooding. China cities declare rain 'red alerts' as flood death toll hits 21 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z State TV said a ship lock in Nantong, which abuts Shanghai to the north, stopped releasing vessels into the Yangtze River. Shanghai cancels flights as China braces for Typhoon In-fa 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Last summer, China battled weeks of flooding along the Yangtze River that killed hundreds of people and displaced millions more. ‘Like Making a Horror Movie’: Severe Flooding in China Inundates a Subway 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z He preferred the RT-Mart near his home on the eastern bank of the Yangtze River — a sleek, multistory supermarket where magnetized escalator ramps sweep customers and their shopping carts from floor to floor. From Wuhan to Paris to Milan, the search for ‘patient zero’ 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The Atlanta-based maker of toys and infant products recently opened the first phase of a factory on the banks of the Yangtze river in central China at a cost of $20 million. U.S. toymaker doubles down in China despite rising costs, political tensions 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Some 10,000 years after Chinese farmers began cultivating rice near the Yangtze River, the country now produces more than 200 million tons of rice a year, more than any other nation. Yuan Longping, whose hybrid rice helped feed the world, dies at 90 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Those killed were blown into the Yangtze River or hit by falling trees and electricity poles, officials said. Yangtze storm: Violent winds kill 11 in Nantong, China 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z “In school we learned about the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and all of China’s provinces, but nothing about Taiwan’s rivers,” Sangpuy said. Indigenous artists shine as Taiwan’s mainstream embraces its island identity 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Searches in China, where the species is commonly known as the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, were also discouraging. The world’s rarest turtle has a shot at escaping extinction 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Early Saturday morning, however, residents of the city where the virus was first detected were jogging and practicing tai chi in a fog-shrouded park beside the mighty Yangtze River. The Latest: UK doctors want review of Pfizer shot timetable 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z Graffiti along the Yangtze declared “Good will be repaid with good, evil with evil.” A Year Later, the First Post-Pandemic City 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Early Saturday morning, residents in the central Chinese city where the virus was first detected were jogging and practicing tai chi in a fog-shrouded park beside the mighty Yangtze River. Wuhan returns to normal as world still battling pandemic 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The industrial and transportation hub on the Yangtze River is the first place the coronavirus surfaced in the world. EXPLAINER: What is WHO team in Wuhan looking for 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Wang Zhonglin, the city’s top party official, spoke loftily of Wuhan’s ambitions at a December forum promoting economic development along the Yangtze River. A Year After Wuhan, China Tells a Tale of Triumph (and No Mistakes) 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Two companies, Yangtze Memory Technologies and ChangXin Memory Technologies, are gearing up to put China on the map in memory chips, which store data. With Money, and Waste, China Fights for Chip Independence 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Eventually the one I found was just perfect from a photographer’s point of view: it faced a park, near the Yangtze River. 'I tried to become part of Wuhan': Agency Photographer of 2020 – Hector Retamal 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The Yangtze is China’s most heavily trafficked river and the point at which it meets the East China Sea, just north of the commercial hub of Shanghai, brings together ships from all directions. 3 dead, 5 missing after ships collide on Chinese river 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z And in China, the overflowing Yangtze River killed at least 279 people. UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z And in China, the overflowing Yangtze River killed at least 279 people. UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z By the following month, the new virus was so widespread that the entire city of 11 million on the banks of the great Yangtze River was locked down in quarantine. Opinion | It’s been a year since covid-19 emerged. The world still isn’t ready for it. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z And China's Yangtze river in China is believed to be the top source, along with rivers in other parts of Asia. Fact-checking the US and China on climate and environment 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The changes in Qilian reflect melting trends in other parts of the Tibetan plateau, the source of the Yangtze and other great Asian rivers, scientists say. Scientists watch as China remote glaciers melt at 'shocking' pace 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z That was evident in this summer’s devastating floods on the Yangtze River and its tributaries in central China. China’s Pledge to Be Carbon Neutral by 2060: What It Means 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z After Hindenburg asserted in 2018 that Yangtze River Port and Logistics, a Chinese company, was a sham, its shares were delisted from Nasdaq. Head of Nikola, a G.M. Electric Truck Partner, Quits Amid Fraud Claims 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The species affected include the critically endangered Chinese sturgeon in the Yangtze River, which is down by 97%. Humans exploiting and destroying nature on unprecedented scale – report 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Republicans speak of Trump Jr.’s hunting-and-fishing prowess the way Red Guards once talked about Mao swimming the Yangtze. Donald Trump Jr. Is Ready. But for What, Exactly? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Li visited Chongqing, where the Yangtze spilled over its banks for the fifth time this year and, on Thursday afternoon, breached the historical high reached in 1981. After Covid, China’s Leaders Face New Challenges From Flooding 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The waters around Chongqing — a city where the Jialing River meets the arcing Yangtze — always rise with the summer rains. Floods devastate China’s Yangtze basin as army mobilizes massive relief effort 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The Three Gorges Project, completed in 2012, was designed not only to generate power but also to tame the fierce Yangtze, the cause of many devastating floods throughout China’s history. Water levels at China's Three Gorges near maximum after flooding rains 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The collision occurred outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, a busy shipping lane. Report: Ship crash near Shanghai leaves 14 sailors missing 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z On Thursday, levels along the Yangtze near Chongqing reached heights not seen since 1981, when the country experienced its worst floods in a century, leaving 1.5 million homeless. Anxiety grows as China’s Three Gorges dam hits highest level 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Flood alerts are in place for provinces around the Yangtze, Yellow, Hai, Songhua and Liao rivers, with warnings of possible landslides. Floods reach toes of China's Leshan Giant Buddha 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The Yangtze, Asia’s longest river, connects Shanghai on the Pacific coast with Wuhan and Chongqing. Floods devastate China’s Yangtze basin as army mobilizes massive relief effort 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Sichuan, through which the Yangtze river flows, raised its emergency response to the maximum level on Tuesday to cope with a new round of torrential rainfall. China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten heritage site 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Four major rivers, including the Mekong and the Yangtze, flow through deep valleys. Many beloved garden flowers originated in this mountain hot spot—the oldest of its kind on Earth 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The heavy storms over the Yangtze River Basin are the result of a western Pacific subtropical high, a pressure system that every summer carries warm air from south to north. "Man cannot win against nature": Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Additional rainfall is putting renewed pressure on the dam, which straddles the mighty Yangtze River. China flooding leaves thousands trapped after levees fail, another dam at risk of breaking 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z China experienced its worst flooding in recent years in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3 million homes were destroyed, mostly along the Yangtze. Breached levees trap thousands as flooding in China worsens 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Chinese authorities blew up a dam to ease catastrophic flooding on the Yangtze River in central China. First Thing: American scientists wade into politics with a Trump rebuke 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Torrential rain also caused three landslides Thursday in a town in mountainous Chongqing upstream on the Yangtze, causing three deaths and leaving three more missing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. China’s mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Qiao spoke as many rural residents of the Yangtze River floodplains do, accustomed to swelling waters whenever big rains hit. "Man cannot win against nature": Amid catastrophic floods, China's dams come into question 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The Poyang lake in Jiangxi province, which is formed from the overspill of the Yangtze, is 2.5 metres higher than its warning level. China's Wuhan declares red alert as floods disrupt supply chains 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z More than 3,000 people had died that year as the Yangtze River flooded, leaving 14 million people in its floodplains homeless. First a pandemic, then the floods: Villagers in southern China face devastation again 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z But after weeks of devastating flooding, questions are being raised about the Three Gorges Dam's impact on Yangtze floods and if the massive structure itself may be at risk. Devastating China flooding puts controversial Three Gorges Dam under new scrutiny 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z China’s worst floods in recent years were in 1998, when more than 2,000 people died and almost 3 million homes were destroyed, mostly along the Yangtze. China’s mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z With torrential rain still lashing down on most of the Yangtze river basin, flood defences at the Poyang Lake further inland in Jiangxi province are also under pressure. Residents at China's giant lake unfazed as rainfall breaks records 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z “Floodwater storage along the middle Yangtze is less because of stronger levees that are less likely to fail,” he added. Record floods raise questions about China's Three Gorges Dam 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z China made substantial investments in flood control after 1998, especially along the Yangtze. First a pandemic, then the floods: Villagers in southern China face devastation again 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z The dam also was touted as the best way to end centuries of flooding along the Yangtze and provide power for China's industrial boom. Devastating China flooding puts controversial Three Gorges Dam under new scrutiny 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Hubei province, through which the Yangtze flows and famed for its numerous lakes and rivers, is under particular threat. China reports 141 dead or missing in flooding since June 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Provincial authorities expect severe regional flooding in Poyang, China’s largest freshwater lake which connects to the Yangtze, state television said. China's southern Jiangxi declares highest flood alert 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z In Chongqing, the city authorities said last month that flooding along the local section of the Qijiang River, upstream from the Yangtze, was the worst since monitoring began in 1940. Severe Floods in China Leave Over 106 Dead or Missing 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Wuhan, which lies on the Yangtze, was hit by China’s last major floods in 1998, which killed more than 3,000 people and left 14 million homeless. More Chinese regions brace for floods as storms shift east 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Hubei province, through which the Yangtze flows, is known for its numerous lakes and rivers and is under particular threat. Devastating China flooding puts controversial Three Gorges Dam under new scrutiny 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z “This one is gray, from the Yangtze River. It adds an element of age to a brand-new home. I didn’t want it all shiny and new.” A new Fidalgo Island home capitalizes on its beachfront site — and earns wave reviews in a public tour 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Seasonal flooding regularly strikes the lower regions of China’s major river systems, particularly those of the Yangtze and the Pearl to the south. South China cleaning up from floods but more rain on the way 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Authorities sought to reduce the hardship of yearly flooding through the use of dams, particularly the massive Three Gorges structure on the Yangtze River. Deadly flooding in China forces 228,000 into shelters; house seen collapsing into river 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z As her party crossed a bridge over the Yangtze river, the German Chancellor wanted to hear about a grand gesture by revolutionary leader Mao Zedong. For virus-tamer Merkel, global alliances trumped nationalism 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z On Friday, a resident in Wuhan south of the dam posted a video showing that the Yangtze River was well above average, even though it hadn't rained recently, the Nikki Asian Review reported. Devastating China flooding puts controversial Three Gorges Dam under new scrutiny 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Seasonal flooding generally causes heavy damage each year in the lower regions of China’s major river systems, particularly those of the Yangtze and the Pearl to the south. Hundreds of thousands displaced in deadly China flooding 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The industrial city on the Yangtze River in central China spent about $125 million on the tests, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing a Wuhan official. Wuhan claims it has tested nearly entire city for coronavirus and only found 300 asymptomatic cases 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Some Chinese who hail from north of the Yangtze River see their southern, rice-eating counterparts as more particular about their eating habits, and so more likely to use serving chopsticks. Coronavirus Threatens China’s Devotion to Chopsticks and Sharing Food 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z All of that changed in the first week of January, when word arrived in Beijing of a potentially devastating virus that was circulating in Wuhan, an industrial Chinese city that straddles the Yangtze River. Battered by coronavirus, China maps out an economic reality check for a new era 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z China will also promote the official launch of the national green development fund, and step up efforts to establish trans-regional compensation mechanisms for ecological conservation in the Yangtze and Yellow river basins, the ministry said. China to allocate $57 billion to environment protection 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z True, whether it’s the result of some infernal deathbed bargain or emulation of Mao’s swim in the Yangtze, he has a new morning routine, processing around St James’s Park with a coffee cup. Did a near-death experience change Boris Johnson? | Catherine Bennett 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Her story, “The Sorrow at the End of the Yangtze River,” follows a 15-year-old girl searching for the father she disappointed by not being a boy. Battered by upheaval, novelist Yu Lihua told raw stories from a speckled blue desk 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z A priority should be sequencing DNA from early farmers from the Yangtze River Basin in southern China, a centre for rice domestication and a potential source of other migrations, she adds. Ancient human genomes shed new light on East Asia's history 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The sprawling industrial city built along the Yangtze River in east-central China is known for its production of chemicals, including the ingredients needed to cook fentanyl and other powerful synthetic opioids. Wuhan was the fentanyl capital of the world. Then coronavirus hit 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z I went one last time to the Yangtze before we packed up and headed to the train station. Leaving Wuhan: Getting into virus-hit city was the easy part 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z But the public has returned to the banks of the Yangtze, known in Mandarin as Chang Jiang, or Great River. Wuhan embraces Yangtze River as virus-hit city reopens 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Located near the Yangtze River, the lab received “recognition and authentication certificate for the critical protection equipment installation and commissioning,” its website reads. A look at the Wuhan laboratory at the center of China's coronavirus controversy 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Wuhan, a megacity of 11 million people in the middle reaches of the Yangtze river, still sees tens of new cases of asymptomatic carriers each day. China seeks to contain 'silent carriers' of coronavirus 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z The outbreak started in Wuhan, an industrial city of 11 million people on the Yangtze River. AP PHOTOS: As Wuhan reopens, people begin to venture outside 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z “I haven’t been outside for more than 70 days,” an emotional Tong said as he watched a celebratory light display from a bridge across the broad Yangtze River flowing through the city. Masked crowds fill streets and trains in post-lockdown Wuhan 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z “The ferry on the Yangtze River is a symbol of Wuhan’s people,” said Chen, a 34-year-old cost engineer and Chinese Communist Party member. Wuhan embraces Yangtze River as virus-hit city reopens 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z “If you weren’t at the frontlines you wouldn’t be able to experience this,” said Gui, as he laid some flowers next to Wuhan’s 1954 flood memorial by the Yangtze. China mourns thousands who died in country's coronavirus epidemic 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z But then, on a bridge over the Yangtze river, they realised they were trapped. A cancer patient's border plea: What happened next? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z JIUJIANG, China — One hand clutching her furry bunny purse and another propping up her disabled grandmother, Shi Zhiyu hobbled down the empty highway on a one-way journey across the Yangtze River. In China’s virus-hit heartland, fear and loathing on the road to Wuhan 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z In 1998, when I was a child growing up in Wuhan, a flood burst the dams on the Yangtze River. Wuhan, my hometown, is not a city of fear | Xiaoyu Lu 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The Yangtze’s water is “very sweet,” communist leader Mao Zedong said after he swallowed a mouthful while swimming in the 1950s, according to a report from the time by The Associated Press. Wuhan embraces Yangtze River as virus-hit city reopens 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Tonight, along the bank of Yangtze River, buildings are lit up with the words “Keep up Wuhan”. 'The city is suffocating': diary of the Wuhan coronavirus lockdown 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “Wuhan is not an isolated island,” declared a state newspaper, the Yangtze Daily. China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z When a man tried to escape Hubei by floating down the Yangtze River on a wooden raft last week, he was "educated," then turned back, Jiujiang police said. In China’s virus-hit heartland, fear and loathing on the road to Wuhan 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “Wuhan is not an isolated island,” declared a state newspaper, the Yangtze Daily. China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The city is built along the Yangtze river and, according to its website, it is a "foundation of in both hi-tech manufacturing and traditional manufacturing". Wuhan: The London-sized city where the virus began 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In the city of Jingzhou, a short distance up the Yangtze River from Wuhan, doctors told reporters they were wearing rain ponchos because they lacked protective suits. Chinese coronavirus infections, death toll soar as fifth case is confirmed in U.S. 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Tunnels under the Yangtze River were blocked to stop the flow of traffic, and all ride-hailing services in Wuhan were halted at midday Friday. China restricts travel for 35 million people to halt spread of deadly virus 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Wuhan, an industrial city in central China, straddles a river, the Yangtze. Wuhan Beyond the Coronavirus: Steel, Cars and Spicy Noodles 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Wuhan sits astride the mighty Yangtze River, and the restaurants and hotels along its banks — usually busy in the holiday season — were mostly shut. China Expands Virus Lockdown, Encircling 22 Million 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z On the Yangtze River, Wuhan is a key transport hub for goods moving from China’s interior to the coast, as well as for north-south commercial traffic. Global markets swoon as lethal virus in China spreads 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Half of the 566 flights scheduled at Wuhan’s international airport for Thursday were canceled, as were 251 ferry sailings on the Yangtze River, according to the Wuhan Transportation Bureau. Beijing, other major Chinese cities cancel New Year celebrations as virus spreads, travel ban widens 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z The city is also the site of an annual swim across the Yangtze to commemorate revolutionary leader Mao Zedong’s famous 1966 swim at age 72. Chinese city at center of virus outbreak a major crossroads 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Wuhan held a special place in the heart of Mao Zedong, who famously took a swim in the Yangtze there in 1966 to show his vitality. Wuhan Beyond the Coronavirus: Steel, Cars and Spicy Noodles 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Wuhan, which straddles the banks of the Yangtze River, is a major transport hub for trains, planes and ships. Travel ban goes into effect in Chinese city of Wuhan as authorities try to stop coronavirus spread 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Wuhan is home to China’s largest inland port and the gateway to its giant Three Gorges hydroelectric dam, the world’s largest power project by installed capacity, on the Yangtze River. Factbox: Key facts about Wuhan, epicenter of China's virus outbreak 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Following an exhaustive survey throughout the Yangtze River basin, researchers this month declared the Chinese paddlefish officially extinct. The Freshwater Giants Are Dying 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z HISTORY: An inland port on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which stretches from far western China to Shanghai, Wuhan is said to be about 3,500 years old. Chinese city at center of virus outbreak a major crossroads 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z At the end of December, a cluster of pneumonia cases were reported in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people that straddles the Yangtze River in central China. China virus: Expert says it can be spread by human-to-human contact, sparking concerns about themassive holiday travel underway 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z They’ve been found on the coast of Spain, in the Yangtze river in China, in the Great Australian Bight, the Mariana Trench, and in lakes and rivers across the United Kingdom. Microplastics Pollution Is Everywhere. Is It Harmful? 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The decline corresponds with major dam construction in the Yangtze. China mourns native paddlefish scientists say is now extinct 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The government says excessive fishing has brought stocks down to perilously low levels and put endangered species under threat, including China’s last surviving river mammal, the Yangtze finless porpoise. Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Despite calls from President Xi Jinping to put an end to large-scale development on the Yangtze river, big diversion schemes look set to continue. China aims to double water transfers from wet south to arid north 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z It is in the middle of a wide-reaching program to clean up the Yangtze, its biggest river, and put an end to major development along its banks. China urges regions to tackle pollution in major rivers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z China is in the middle of a wide-reaching programme to clean up the Yangtze river, its biggest waterway, and put an end to major development along its banks. China premier calls for more water diversion to ease shortages 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “The extinction of the paddlefish is a huge loss and reflects the critical status of the Yangtze River ecosystem,” said Pan Wenjing, a forest and oceans manager for Greenpeace East Asia. China mourns native paddlefish scientists say is now extinct 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z According to policy plans seen by Reuters, the local government is already working to reduce mining activity in the Poyang after banning it in the Yangtze River two decades ago. Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z November 1997: The Yangtze is blocked and diverted to make way for workers to start building the dam. Factbox: A history of China's Three Gorges project 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z During his visit to the Three Gorges last April, President Xi berated officials for failing to clean up the “grim” environment of the Yangtze, and reiterated his pledge to end “big construction” on the river. On China's Yangtze river, giant dam's legacy blocks revival 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z But experts say the ongoing campaign to divert the course of the Yangtze to other regions is still causing long-term damage to the river’s environmental health. China premier calls for more water diversion to ease shortages 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z “The ecology of the Yangtze River is close to collapse due to human activity in past decades,” Pan said. China mourns native paddlefish scientists say is now extinct 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Water in the Poyang, which spills off from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangxi province, routinely declines in winter. Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z He reiterates his pledge to put an end to large-scale development on the Yangtze. Factbox: A history of China's Three Gorges project 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The total arable land affected by drought in the Yangtze’s middle and lower reaches was 154% higher than last year, the ministry said. China's Yangtze region facing severe drought, affecting production: report 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z On the Yangtze, I joined an expedition of marine biologists that declared the extinction of the Baiji dolphin due to pollution, river traffic and hydroelectric dams. 'Everybody has something to lose': the exciting, depressing life of a climate writer 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The Yangtze river delta, including the commercial hub of Shanghai and the neighboring provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, will be forced to adopt the measures by the end of next year, the ministry said. China plans to end illegal hazardous chemical dumping by 2025 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z China is in the middle of a campaign aimed at ending big and “destructive” development along the Yangtze. Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The vast harbor on the Yangtze River estuary, including a wharf nearly 1 kilometer long and large buildings for manufacturing ship components, is nearly complete. Exclusive: Satellite images reveal China's aircraft carrier 'factory,' analysts say 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Like the Nile, the Tigris and the Yangtze, the Mekong watered empires. ‘Our River Was Like a God’: How Dams and China’s Might Imperil the Mekong 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Last month, it announced it would sell its Peruvian businesses to a unit of China Yangtze Power Co for $3.6 billion, as it focuses on its core U.S. and Mexican markets. Exclusive: Sempra nears $3 billion Chile sale to China's State Grid - sources 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The 10 most efficient funnels of plastic waste are the Yangtze, Yellow, Hai, Pearl, Amur Mekong, Indus and Ganges Delta in Asia and the Niger and Nile in Africa. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z “The amount of water in the lake, in the Yangtze River, the sediment going in and going out - everything is affected by human activity.” Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix drought-hit lake 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Singapore-based military analyst Collin Koh said the modern, purpose-built facility on a sparsely populated island in the Yangtze may provide better security than the congested shipyards of Dalian in northern China. Exclusive: Satellite images reveal China's aircraft carrier 'factory,' analysts say 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z At Thomas’s bedtime she recited poems in Japanese and Mandarin, languages she had learned as a child, when her father, a naval officer, was stationed on the Yangtze. A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The Yangtze, Asia’s longest largest river, stretching from the edge of Tibet to China’s east coast, is now one of the most polluted as a result of industrial growth and overfishing. Fans of China's own 'Loch Ness monster' deflated as beast turns out to be airbag 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Something is lurking in the deep in China's famous Yangtze River - and social media discussion is rife over what it might be. Does China have its own Loch Ness Monster? 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “It may be too little too late, but what they are doing is unprecedented,” Todd Robeck, author of a recent study into the Yangtze porpoise, said of the effort to save the mammal. Fit for porpoise: China races to save last Yangtze river mammal 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Found in China's Yangtze Gorge, along with 34 other fossils of the same species, researchers believe Y. spiciformis is related to a group of anthropods that includes crustaceans and millipedes or annelids. 'Death march' of 550M year-old worm might be earliest known animal trail, study finds 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z A Welsh adventurer has become the first person to walk the length of the river Yangtze solo after a year of trekking through China. Adventurer finishes world-first 4,000-mile trek 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z In 94 B.C., the Chinese historian Sima Qian wrote, “In the area south of the Yangtze the land is low and the climate humid; adult males die young.” How Mosquitoes Changed Everything 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z He backed the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, a massive hydroelectric project that spanned the Yangtze River, displaced an estimated 1 million people and was dogged by allegations of environmental destruction and rampant corruption. Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen massacre, dies at 90 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z These 10 rivers, led by China’s Yangtze, result in a quarter of all the oceans’ annual plastic pollution. Opinion | Plastic is everywhere. We can no longer ignore that. 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Four enormous gantry cranes rise on the banks of the Yangtze River near the East China Sea. Chao a ‘bridge’ to China and her family’s business, in the Trump Cabinet 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Once an impoverished city of 10 million set between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, Zhengzhou now boasts a gleaming downtown skyline and a cascade of freeway overpasses. China dreams on hold: heartland city feels chill of economic slowdown 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Around the Yangtze River delta, 28,995 square kilometres of land is set aside for protection, including Yangtze River shorelines, important wetland forest and grassland. How China will protect one-quarter of its land 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In a separate review of monitoring standards in the Yangtze river delta and the Fenwei plain regions, the ministry identified more than 300 firms for equipment quality violations and exceeding wastewater discharge restrictions. China calls out big state firms, others on pollution violations... 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Then, in April, Chinese state media reported that the last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle had died. Climate Change and the New Age of Extinction 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Heavily fragmented rivers include the Danube, Nile, and Euphrates, the Paraná and Missouri in the Americas, the Yangtze and Brahmaputra in Asia, and the Darling in Australia. Only a third of world’s great rivers remain free flowing, analysis finds 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z From porpoises in Mexico to dolphins in China’s Yangtze River, bycatch is “the greatest threat to marine mammals around the world,” according to the Marine Mammal Commission, a United States government agency. On a Coastline With 1,200 Dead Dolphins, Fishermen and Conservationists Clash 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Before the female turtle died, there were only four known Yangtze giant soft-shell turtles left in the world, the New Yorker reported in December. This soft-shell turtle was one of the last of her kind. Her species might die with her. 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z One of the world's rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just three remaining. One of the world's rarest turtles dies 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Many others, like the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, are functionally extinct. Climate Change and the New Age of Extinction 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z The animal was one of four Yangtze giant softshell turtles known to be remaining in the world. Death of rare turtle leaves 3 remaining in the world 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z He began with a voyage down the Ganges in India last month and intends to complete all 10 by 2021, including the Yangtze, the Niger and the Mekong. Italian to trace route of plastics into seas down 10 rivers 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Microplastic pollution spans the world, according to new studies showing contamination in the UK’s lake and rivers, in groundwater in the US and along the Yangtze river in China and the coast of Spain. Microplastic pollution revealed ‘absolutely everywhere’ by new research 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Microplastic pollution has contaminated American groundwater, the lakes and rivers of the UK, the coast of Spain, the beaches of Singapore and the Yangtze River in China, studies from around the world have shown. US briefing: Fox News, Huawei sues US and a surge in populist rhetoric 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z China is already home to the largest concrete structure in the world – the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River. The grey wall of China: inside the world's concrete superpower 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z He went to China, a country he knew primarily through a children’s book, “Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze,” that he had read when he was 12. Dan Pinck, memoirist of espionage behind the lines in wartime China, dies at 94 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Nowhere are the problems of Detroit automakers more apparent than in Chongqing, an often foggy city built on steep slopes overlooking the confluence of two broad, muddy rivers, the Yangtze and the Jialing. China Shifts, and Detroit’s Big Bet Goes Sour 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z High concentrations were also foundin the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and along the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Microplastic pollution revealed ‘absolutely everywhere’ by new research 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z This was a world record until China’s Three Gorges Dam choked the Yangtze with 27.2m cubic metres. Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He will see China’s two major waterways, the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers, and arrive at the Vietnamese border south of Guilin, a city revered among the Chinese for its mountainous landscape. Traveling to Meet Trump, Kim Jong-un Takes the Long Route 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Meltwater feeds ten great rivers, including the Indus, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Yellow and Yangtze, on which almost one-fifth of the world’s population depends1. Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Mao, 89, remembers when China in 1979 had just two bridges along 2,000 miles of the Yangtze River across the country, from Tibet to Shanghai. U.S. policy toward China shifts from engagement to confrontation 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Its massive Three Gorges Dam, which cuts the Yangtze River and rises 600 feet high, was the largest hydroelectric project in the world, designed to produce 20 times the power of the Hoover Dam. It Doesn’t Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid. 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The Yangtze giant softshell occupies a regal position in national lore. Chasing the World’s Rarest Turtle 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z In the 1870s, Cotton proposed building a series of canals to connect Himalayan rivers to the southern tip of India and another to connect the Brahmaputra with the Yangtze through Assam and Yunnan. Opinion | The Race to Dam the Himalayas 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The Chinese sturgeon is on the brink of extinction as a result of pollution, overfishing and the construction of massive hydroelectric dams along the Yangtze river. China halts bridge construction after 6,000 rare fish die: media 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Last week, 15 people were killed after a bus to plunged off a high bridge into China’s Yangtze River in the western city of Chongqing. At least 14 killed in China highway accident 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Police also posted dashcam video from a nearby car showing the bus colliding with an oncoming vehicle before smashing through a guardrail and falling into the Yangtze. Bus plunges into Chinese river after fight between driver and passenger 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The bus collided with an oncoming car before smashing through the guardrail and into the Yangtze River on Sunday. Woman fought with driver, causing bus to fall in China river 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The bus collided with an oncoming car before smashing through the guardrail and into the Yangtze River on Sunday. Woman brawled with driver before bus fell into China river 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The bus plunged 50m off a bridge into the Yangtze River in Chongqing on Sunday - at least 13 people died and two more are missing. Fist fight caused fatal China bus plunge 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The Yangtze is prone to dangerous currents and other hazards. Bus recovered 4 days after deadly plunge off Chinese bridge 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The bus then swerved, broke through a fence and plunged into the Yangtze River some 197 feet below. Two dead after China bus plunges 197 feet into river 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The order was handed down as part of an integrated winter pollution action taken for the Yangtze River Delta region that includes 41 cities in order to reduce toxic emissions. China's Jiangsu to set industrial output cuts for winter of up to... 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Asia’s 10 largest rivers __ including the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges __ are fed by seasonal melting. Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Asia's 10 largest rivers __ including the Yangtze, Yellow, Mekong, and Ganges __ are fed by seasonal melting. Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The factory is to be built on a 60 hectare site in the Yangtze River Delta in cooperation with China’s Zhejiang Jiashan Economic and Technological Development Zone Industry Corporation. Dutch battery company to build 1.6 billion euro plant in China 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z His body was fished out of the Yangtze four days later near a settlement named Ti Keng. Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The private lake was created by an entrepreneur who built a dam at Dongting Lake, China’s second-biggest freshwater lake which is a flood basin for the Yangtze River, Xinhua said late on Wednesday. China punishes officials for allowing building of problematic... 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Zhang said the high temperatures in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were damaging to crops. China logs hottest national average summer temperature in 57 years:... 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “The Yangtze river delta is the biggest market for new energy vehicles - the customer base is the most developed, whether for delivery vehicles or passenger vehicles,” he said. China's solar giant GCL to make electric car move in new 'eco-town' 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z It is expected to gradually weaken as it moves westward into the Yangtze River delta. More than 130,000 evacuated as tropical storm hits Shanghai 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z That spring, he made his way to Jingmen to retrieve his pear seeds and baggage, and then took a steamer down the Yangtze back to Hankou. Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z It began with a destructive drought, whose effects lasted two centuries, and severely disrupted civilisations in Egypt, Greece, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and the Yangtze River Valley. Welcome to the Meghalayan Age 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The lower area around the Yangtze River is one of China’s key regions for rice, its most important food grain. China logs hottest national average summer temperature in 57 years:... 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z His parents worked as merchants, plying their trade up and down the Yangtze River, selling coal to the south and produce to the north. How E-Commerce Is Transforming Rural China 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Huayang eventually upgraded its warehouse and bought nine barges to transport containers along the Yangtze River, connecting Hunan to Shanghai, according to a presentation Zhou gave to the American Pyrotechnics Assn. this year. How one Chinese businessman became the largest fireworks supplier in the U.S. 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Alan would still have to rely on Huayang to move hundreds of containers of fireworks each year to the United States, not just from Shanghai but along the Yangtze as well. The fireworks king: How one Chinese businessman became the largest supplier of pyrotechnics in the United States 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The Yangtze river is usually celebrated by idealistic images of iconic places. Mapping China's frontline: the Yangtze at 100km intervals - a photo essay 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Three are already well on track: the Pearl River Delta, next to Hong Kong; the Yangtze River Delta, which surrounds Shanghai; and Jingjinji, centred on Beijing. China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The trackways were found in the Yangtze Gorges area of South China. Oldest 'footprints' found in China 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The Yangtze and its tributaries are the location of some of the world’s biggest hydropower plants, including the 22.5-gigawatt plant at the Three Gorges Dam. China to take action against 'uncontrolled' hydro on Yangtze 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z It was placed on trucks with boxes labeled “Bootie Call” and “Salute the King,” loaded onto Yangtze barges and then brought to Shanghai. The fireworks king: How one Chinese businessman became the largest supplier of pyrotechnics in the United States 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z For all these reasons the Yangtze is in focus, and that’s why I wanted to work on it” Mapping China's frontline: the Yangtze at 100km intervals - a photo essay 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z When it is fully connected the Yangtze delta, where Ms Hu is based, will be almost four times as big, with 150m people. China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z All three finalists remaining choose China's Yangtze River as the best choice, and explained that the area's high population and plastic consumption, and limited collection and recycling infrastructure, made it the prime target. 30th Annual National Geographic Bee Winners Nail Tough Questions 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Chinese state media filled with images last week of President Xi Jinping, high above the Yangtze River, peering through binoculars at the world's largest dam. On high-stakes trip to China, U.S. officials confront tech along with trade 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Huayang eventually upgraded its warehouse and bought nine barges to transport containers along the snaking Yangtze River, connecting Hunan to Shanghai, according to a presentation Zhou gave to the American Pyrotechnics Association this year. The fireworks king: How one Chinese businessman became the largest supplier of pyrotechnics in the United States 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z At the meeting, it was agreed that Bonifica and PowerChina, the company that helped build the Three Gorges dam spanning the Yangtze River, would complete a feasibility study. Can the vanishing lake be saved? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Plans for a new intercity train to Haining, a smaller city in the Yangtze River Delta, partly explain a doubling of house prices there. China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Soon after, systems scientists began assessing the feasibility of building the titanic Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. A revered rocket scientist set in motion China's mass surveillance of its citizens 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Scientists in China are calling on the government to curtail sand mining across the entirety of the Yangtze Basin. Asia’s hunger for sand takes a toll on endangered species 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z “I am sure the Yangtze delta governments understand very well what their tasks are.” China urges regions to take responsibility after Yangtze smog surge 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z A memorial hall and museum now stand at the site of a mass grave in the Yangtze River city and annual commemorations in December have been attended by President Xi Jinping and other high-ranking leaders. China orders 2 detained for posing in Japanese army uniforms 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z In January the Yangtze River Delta area established an office for regional co-ordination, the first of its kind. China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z A memorial hall and museum now stand at the site of a mass grave in the Yangtze River city and annual commemorations in December have been attended by President Xi Jinping and other high-ranking leaders. China orders 2 detained for posing in Japanese army uniforms 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z But sand dredging campaigns in the middle Yangtze Basin have expanded rapidly since the early 2000s, when such activities were banned on sections of the lower Yangtze. Asia’s hunger for sand takes a toll on endangered species 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Environmental group Greenpeace said the increase in emissions in both the Yangtze and Pearl river deltas was caused by a rebound in polluting industries beginning in 2016. China urges regions to take responsibility after Yangtze smog surge 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z There are also fears that the crackdown around Beijing is forcing polluting industries to migrate south to regions such as the Yangtze river delta around Shanghai, where smog levels are rising. Blue-sky thinking: how China's crackdown on pollution is paying off 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Counties enjoy a 6% boost in productivity from being tied into the Yangtze super-region, according to an article published last year in the Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. China is trying to turn itself into a country of 19 super-regions 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z It clings to the top of a narrow ridge overlooking a winding gorge that drains into the Yangtze, the river that marks the border between the two regions. A Dance for Tibetan New Year, Then 17 Hours in Custody 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z The Yellow River is the second longest river in China after the Yangtze River. China to impose annual fishing ban in Yellow River from 2018: Xinhua 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z “I am sure the Yangtze delta governments understand very well what their tasks are.” China urges regions to take responsibility after Yangtze smog surge 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Both Apple and Yangtze Memory did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Apple in talks for first order from Chinese chipmaker: Nikkei 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z A team of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, in partnership with the National Geographic Society, are searching in southwestern China's Yunnan Province for signs of wild Yangtze turtles. Panda Porn and Other Desperate Measures to Get Rare Species to Mate 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The Yangtze alone dumps up to an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of plastic waste into the Yellow Sea. Stemming the Plastic Tide: 10 Rivers Contribute Most of the Plastic in the Oceans 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z The Yellow River is the second longest river in China after the Yangtze River. China to impose annual fishing ban in Yellow River from 2018: Xinhua 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Environmental group Greenpeace said the increase in emissions in both the Yangtze and Pearl river deltas was caused by a rebound in polluting industries beginning in 2016. China urges regions to take responsibility after Yangtze smog surge 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Both Apple and Yangtze Memory did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Apple in talks for first order from Chinese chipmaker: Nikkei 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The 15 schemes already approved include Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the remote desert region of Ningxia in the northwest and 11 other provinces along the Yangtze river. China approves no-development zones in 15 regions 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z On her flight to her first stop in China, Wuhan, an industrial city on the Yangtze River, she was peppered with reporters’ questions about calls for her resignation from within her own Conservative Party. As Theresa May Pursues Deals in China, Her Own Troubles Follow 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Liu Youbin, a spokesman at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, told a press briefing that officials are currently drawing up supporting regulations for major industrial regions like Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Yangtze river delta. China drawing up new 2018-2020 'battle plan' against smog: official 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z But every winter, an even larger tongue of sediment emerges over the Great Yangtze Bank and extends hundreds of kilometres into the East China Sea. Satellite Eye on Earth: November and December 2017 - in pictures 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The collision, in the mouth of the Yangtze River Delta, occurred on Saturday evening. Oil tanker still burning off China coast 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The 15 schemes already approved include Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the remote desert region of Ningxia in the northwest and 11 other provinces along the Yangtze river. China approves no-development zones in 15 regions 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The crash occurred about 160 miles off the coast of Shanghai and near the mouth of the Yangtze River. A giant oil tanker is on fire and could explode in the East China Sea 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Liu Youbin, a spokesman at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, told a press briefing that officials are currently drawing up supporting regulations for major industrial regions like Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Yangtze river delta. China drawing up new 2018-2020 'battle plan' against smog: official 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z In Chongqing, an inland city of eight million, and “kilometre zero” of a new international railway, Monteleone rode a ferry on the Yangtze River, in order to capture a panorama of the city. A New Silk Road 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z It once roamed “from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in western Asia, as far east as China’s Yangtze River.” How do you keep an elephant warm? Knit a blanket! 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z It once roamed “from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in western Asia, as far east as China's Yangtze River.” How Do You Keep an Elephant Warm? Knit a Giant Blanket 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z Panay was patrolling the Yangtze River in China after rescuing American diplomats and journalists from the country torn by fighting between Chinese troops and invading Japanese forces. Kansas soldier became hero when boat sank in Chinese river 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z In a recent study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins, 148 Chinese residents of a polluted region near the Yangtze River delta drank a broccoli sprout drink for 12 weeks. Opinion | Does Eating Right Protect You From Air Pollution? 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The same impoverished fate befell a farmer's wife in the Ganges or Yangtze deltas. Lessons from history for the future of work 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Authorities stopped the operation after spotting two boats dumping waste near the mouth of the Yangtze River. China charges 9 people for dumping toxic waste 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z We left Wuhan, China, late one afternoon, crossing the Yangtze River and driving south for hours. China's Endangered Fireflies 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z In Nanjing, a city of 8 million on the lower Yangtze, six of seven retailers closed with the first wave in March. In China, some fear ‘ethical’ ivory may have different risks 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Images of flooded streets in Texas are mirrored by scenes of inundated communities in India and Bangladesh, the recent mudslides in Sierra Leone and last month’s deadly overflow of a Yangtze tributary in China. In an era of unwelcome climate records Hurricane Harvey won't be the last 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z He and Sloan agreed to aim for Yibin, a small city at the junction of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, where American soldiers operated a weather station. The enduring story of the American aviator lost in China after World War II: Here's where he may have spent the last years of his life 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z In Nanjing, a city of eight million on the lower Yangtze, six of seven retailers closed with the first wave in March. Weaning Itself From Elephant Ivory, China Turns to Mammoths 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Recently, there were reports of villages dumping sewage into the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's biggest power station spanning the Yangtze River in central Hubei province. In China's murky waters, global sewage firms seek rewards 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Then the grain is shipped along the Yangtze and its branches, to central and western provinces including Hunan, Hubei, and Sichuan. Too much rain: China's floods roil hydropower, corn supplies 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Guli also plans runs at the Amazon River in South America, the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia, the Yangtze in Asia, the Nile in Africa and the Thames in England. Woman setting out to run 6 rivers on 6 continents in 6 weeks 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z A dam on the Yangtze was being built nearby, so Xialiu would soon be flooded. Yan Wang Preston’s best photograph: a Chinese village's ancient tree – sold for $25,000 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The first freight train on the Sino-Afghan Special Transportation Railway departed the Yangtze River port of Nantong on Aug. 25 and arrived in the Afghan river port of Hairatan two weeks later.... Afghanistan Struggles to Access China’s New Silk Road 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Perched on the country’s eastern coastline, near to where the Yangtze disgorges its murky waters into the East China Sea, Rudong is the greyest corner of this rapidly ageing nation. 'Grey wall of China': the town at the frontline of a looming ageing crisis 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The Yangtze river's large watershed also accounts for 60 percent of the nation's freshwater fish output. Too much rain: China's floods roil hydropower, corn supplies 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Much of the sand is used for construction in Shanghai, about 400 miles east, and other Chinese cities along the lower Yangtze River basin. As China’s Largest Freshwater Lake Shrinks, Solution Faces Criticism 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The first time I shot this tree was in March 2013, while I was working on a project to photograph the entire length of the Yangtze river at 100km intervals. Yan Wang Preston’s best photograph: a Chinese village's ancient tree – sold for $25,000 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Its death means only three Yangtze softshell turtles — the world’s largest freshwater turtle species — remain on Earth. 7 of 2016’s Most Fascinating Obituaries 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z In December of that year, the river gunboat USS Panay was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze River, killing two Navy sailors and two civilians; 43 Navy crewmen and five civilians were wounded. Setting the record straight on Pearl Harbor 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z The facility in the city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, says consistent family visits will improve residents' quality of life, the Yangtze Evening Post reports. China care home rewards visits to elderly parents - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z In the manufacturing powerhouse of Jiangsu near Shanghai on the eastern coast, inspectors found that the Yangtze, China's longest river, wasn't being protected. Smog may be easing, but in parts of China water quality worsens 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z High point: “Photographing the mouth of the Yangtze river.” Yan Wang Preston’s best photograph: a Chinese village's ancient tree – sold for $25,000 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “It was the dolphins or it was our children,” one Yangtze fisherman is quoted as telling a Hong Kong journalist. China's 'extinct' dolphin may have returned to Yangtze river, say conservationists 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Another theory was that they had gone down with a ship on the Yangtze River. Meet 7 Celebrity Fossils and Find Out What Made Them Famous The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is one of the world's largest power stations. China: A hydrological history : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z FULING, China—A global natural-gas glut has slowed the U.S. shale boom, but in this Yangtze River town, a Chinese one is just starting. Despite Global Glut, China Doubles Down on Natural Gas 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z But at a time when the diversity of marine mammals is shrinking—the Yangtze River dolphin is now functionally extinct and Mexico’s vaquita porpoise is dangerously close—Pitman calls the discovery "heartening." Mysterious New Whale Species Discovered in Alaska 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z But a team of amateur conservationists now claims it spotted the so-called “goddess of the Yangtze” last week on a stretch of Asia’s longest river near the city of Wuhu in Anhui province. China's 'extinct' dolphin may have returned to Yangtze river, say conservationists 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Tsinghua Unigroup will own more than 50% of Yangtze River Storage, with other stakes held by the national chip fund and a fund backed by the Wuhan city government, they said. Tsinghua Unigroup Acquires Control of XMC in Chinese-Chip Deal 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Last year’s sinking of a cruise ship on the Yangtze River also generated a relatively muted reaction online. The Internet was supposed to foster democracy. China has different ideas. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z CHONGQING, China — After shouldering loads up and down steep hills here for 35 years, Niu Dancheng knows the exact number of stairs to the Yangtze River docks where he often finds work as a porter. ‘Destined to Disappear’: The Last Generation of China’s ‘Bang-Bang Army’ 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Last June, a freak storm led to the sinking of a Yangtze River cruise ship that killed 442 people, many of them elderly tourists. Savage storm pummels eastern China, killing 98 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z During the Great Famine of the late 1950s, when tens of millions of Chinese people starved to death as a result of Mao Zedong’s rule, “the goddess of the Yangtze became lunch”, Turvey wrote. China's 'extinct' dolphin may have returned to Yangtze river, say conservationists 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Last year, Beijing also rejected plans to build a dam on the Yangtze because of the potential effects on a protected zone for fish. China’s Last Wild River Carries Conflicting Environmental Hopes 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Hong Kong will continue to draw from the 50 million people in the Pearl River Delta, whereas Shanghai will attract tourists from the 300 million-strong Yangtze River region, he said. Is there enough Chinese demand for a double dose of Mickey Mouse? 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Chongqing, a sprawling, industrial metropolis, grew from trade up and down the Yangtze River, and long relied on brute human strength to haul loads. ‘Destined to Disappear’: The Last Generation of China’s ‘Bang-Bang Army’ 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A glacier that is one of the largest at the source of China's Yangtze River is fast retreating because of climate change, state media said. China says important glacier is melting due to climate change 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Song told the Guardian the unconfirmed sighting occurred during a seven-day search mission down the Yangtze that began in the city of Anqing on 30 September. China's 'extinct' dolphin may have returned to Yangtze river, say conservationists 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z They have tunnelled along the San Andreas Fault, under the Yangtze River and beside the Bosporus, through catacombs in Rome and petrified pilings in Cairo. The Long Dig 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z Construction of transmission lines in the mountainous headwaters of the Lancang and Yangtze was difficult and costly. China May Shelve Plans to Build Dams on Its Last Wild River But they had no doubt: It was him, the only giant Yangtze soft-shell turtle known to remain in the wild — and one of only three Rafetus swinhoei known to exist anywhere. Turtle is legendary in Vietnam, but it's on the verge of extinction 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Last month China warned that the area along the Yangtze River was this year likely to experience its worst flooding since the late 1990s when up to 4,000 people died. Dozens buried by landslide in south–east China after heavy rains 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z He vowed to launch another expedition along the Yangtze early next year. China's 'extinct' dolphin may have returned to Yangtze river, say conservationists 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z A Herrenknecht machine was scheduled to dig an extension to New York’s No. 7 line in 2009, and the Yangtze River tunnel was nearly finished, at four and a half miles long. The Long Dig 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z At the Zhanghuabang Terminal in Shanghai, near the mouth of the Yangtze River, roads are lined with idle trucks, with chain-smoking drivers waiting for loads. Once Bustling Trade Ports in Asia and Europe Lose Steam 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Later, he taught in Chongqing, an industrial center along the Yangtze River with a population of more than 30 million. Entrepreneur raises hope of renewal for Oconee mill village 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Tokopedia, in response to Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma's one-time description of his e-commerce group as a crocodile in the Yangtze river. Komodo commerce: e-tailers battle in Southeast Asia 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Yet this cemetery in Chongqing, an industrial city on the Yangtze River, is the only sizable one left solely for those killed then. Chaos of Cultural Revolution Echoes at a Lonely Cemetery, 50 Years Later 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z For Herrenknecht, the Yangtze project was a way of coming full circle. The Long Dig 2008-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s an issue he’ll literally jump into when he swims in waters like the Nile, the Yangtze and the Ganges. Your Tuesday Briefing: Brussels, Cuba, iPhone 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The death of Cu Rua, long revered in Vietnam, brings the critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle one step closer to extinction. Famous Giant Turtle Dies—Only Three Left on Earth He was one of the last of the Yangtze giant softshell turtles, species Rafetus swinhoei, which now has just three known specimens, two in China and one in a lake outside Hanoi. Vietnam’s Sacred Turtle Dies at an Awkward, Some Say Ominous, Time 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The 440-lb. reptile was thought to be more than 80 years old and was one of only four Yangtze giant softshell turtles still alive. Sacred Giant Turtle Dies in Vietnam 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Thought to be one of only four living Yangtze giant softshell turtles, it was found floating in the Hanoi lake where it lived. Cu Rua: Vietnam mourns revered Hanoi turtle - BBC News 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Say you swam the full length of the Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi, Danube and Paraná rivers and you’re wondering: How do I top that? Your Tuesday Briefing: Brussels, Cuba, iPhone 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Some scientists believe it was one of only four of the species – better known as Yangtze giant softshells – in existence. Vietnam mourns death of sacred turtle – and fears for ruling party's future 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The only known remaining female Yangtze giant softshell turtle lives in China, and her male partner there may be infertile, several turtle experts said in interviews this week. Vietnam’s Sacred Turtle Dies at an Awkward, Some Say Ominous, Time 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Meeting with herders and scientists along the way, I traversed diverse landscapes and traced the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers to their sources. Trouble in Tibet 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z They also recommended firmer restrictions on passenger ships sailing on the Yangtze River in poor weather. Investigators Blame Violent Weather for Yangtze Cruise Ship Disaster 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The China Meteorological Administration said the haze would reach hundreds of miles west to the ancient capital of Xi’an, and south to the Yangtze River near Shanghai. Beijing Steps Up Smog Warnings 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z A billion and a half people are nourished by water from the Tibetan plateau, which pours out into the Yangtze, the Yellow River, the Mekong, the Ganges, and the other legendary rivers reaching across Asia. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The restrictions are most stringent in the affluent and polluted cities around the Pearl River Delta in the south, the Yangtze River Delta in the east, and the capital city, Beijing, in the north. China's state planner calls for vigorous enforcement of dirty coal ban 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The species, which has swam the Yangtze for some 20 million years, was the first cetacean to go extinct due to human activities. How humans are driving the sixth mass extinction 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The policy was aimed at protecting the headwaters of Asia’s three major rivers — the Yellow River, the Yangtze and the Mekong. Inside the Quiet Lives of China’s Disappearing Tibetan Nomads 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Yangtze riverboats still disgorge tourists on their way to the area’s shrines and pagodas, but visitors also arrive by the high-speed train from the nearby megacity of Chongqing. In China’s Heartland, Small Cities Flourish 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z In June, when nearly 400 people were killed when a cruise ship capsized on the Yangtze river, authorities warned relatives of the deceased not to speak with foreign media. 'Mama, save me, I can't bear it': A firefighter's cry in China's inferno 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z So civilisation got a head start in the Nile delta, the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, the Yangtze, and elsewhere. Sea defences not enough to protect delta cities from rising flood risk – study 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Only four giant softshell Yangtze turtles remain: a male and female in China and two males in Vietnam. No Motherhood Yet for 100-Year-Old Turtle 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z As resettlement gained momentum a decade ago, the government said that overgrazing was imperiling the vast watershed that nourishes the Yellow, Yangtze and the Mekong rivers, China’s most important waterways. China Fences In Its Nomads, and an Ancient Life Withers 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Examples of lost species would include the Yangtze dolphin and the Costa Rica golden toad. The Earth stands on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and the fault is ours 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z On that day around 278 B.C., a great statesman and poet drowned himself in the Miluo river, a tributary of the Yangtze. Your Friday Briefing 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z These included not just the Mississippi, the Rhine, the Han, Chao Praya and Yangtze, but also the Parana, Rhône and Pearl deltas. Sea defences not enough to protect delta cities from rising flood risk – study 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The Chinese navy dispatched its elite diving crew to search for bodies or survivors in the swift Yangtze current. China’s government’s credibility sunk over Yangtze River ship capsize 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Yet the “heartland” of this vast landmass, a “pivot area” stretching from the Persian Gulf to China’s Yangtze River, remained nothing less than the Archimedean fulcrum for future world power. American imperialists are deluding themselves: Henry Kissinger, George W. Bush and the end of U.S. hegemony 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, a tugboat pulled the ship – which was hoisted upright on Friday – about six miles upstream from where it capsized in the Yangtze River on June 1 with 456 people aboard. DNA matches ID Chinese ship victims; boat moved from capsize site 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z On Sunday - a week after the disaster took place - many congregated by the shore of the Yangtze to hold mourning ceremonies. China completes DNA collection to identify ship dead - BBC News 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z On Saturday night, relatives were taken by bus to an area upriver of the ship, where they burned incense and tossed flowers into the Yangtze in memory of the dead. More Than 430 Killed in China River Capsizing Are Honored 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z On Sunday the death toll rose to 431, with only 11 still missing as rescuers continue to sweep the Yangtze river. Mourning ceremonies for China ferry dead as toll rises - BBC News 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Busloads of families bearing flowers were being driven down to the banks of the Yangtze on Saturday to mourn near the wreckage site. Rescuers describe gruesome recovery of Chinese ship victims 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Then there was the most grandiose of China's landscapes — the mythic brown waters of the Yangtze River and its mist-enveloped Three Gorges. Senior travel booms in China, with Yangtze a popular spot 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Then there was the most grandiose of China’s landscapes - the mythic brown waters of the Yangtze River and its mist-enveloped Three Gorges. Senior travel booms in China, with Yangtze a popular spot 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Four days after the Eastern Star capsized along the Yangtze River with more than 450 people aboard, the cabins of the cruise ship emerged in full view for the first time Friday. AP PHOTO: 1st glimpse at China ship as it emerges from river 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Access to the site has been blocked by police and paramilitary troops stationed along the Yangtze embankment, and Chinese authorities have tightly controlled media coverage. China ship righted to speed up search for hundreds missing 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The Eastern Star sank in the Yangtze River on Tuesday, after being caught in a freak storm. China ship: Recovery work to right the Eastern Star begins - BBC News 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The Eastern Star sank in the Yangtze River on Tuesday after being caught in what was said to be a freak storm. Yangtze disaster: Operation begins to lift Chinese ship - BBC News 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Excavators and bulldozers line the country roads leading to rescue camps on the banks of the Yangtze. Chinese workers face grim task recovering bodies from Eastern Star 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z From the embankment of the Yangtze and nearby boats and barges, rescue workers in multi-color uniforms watched intently as the ship was being turned upright. AP PHOTO: 1st glimpse at China ship as it emerges from river 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The death toll in the Yangtze River disaster reached 65 on Thursday. The Latest on China Boat Sinking: Relatives identify bodies 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Helicopters and planes scoured the waters of the Yangtze as the search area expanded to 135 miles downstream. Hope of finding more survivors from capsized Chinese cruise ship fades 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Rescue workers on the upturned hull, which was just barely visible over the brown waters of the Yangtze, were towered over by two cranes. Yangtze disaster: Operation begins to lift Chinese ship - BBC News 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z In the early hours of Thursday around 50 family members staged a midnight march to the banks of the Yangtze in protest. Chinese workers face grim task recovering bodies from Eastern Star 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Captain Zhang Shunwen called the Wuhan Yangtze River maritime traffic control center, asking them to open a channel that would allow him to berth quickly. Ship sinking in China puts focus on captain's role 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z There were 456 people, including crew, thought to be on the vessel when it overturned in bad weather on the Yangtze River. The Latest on China Boat Sinking: Relatives identify bodies 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Two days after a cruise ship capsized on the Yangtze River during heavy rains, more than 400 people, many of them elderly, remain missing. Your Wednesday Briefing 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The Yangtze River Administration announced plans this spring to re-inspect all the ships operating through its waterways, to ensure they were water-worthy and stable. Operator of capsized Yangtze ship one of oldest in business 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The capsizing late Monday of the multi-decked Eastern Star in the Yangtze River in southern China is on track to become the country's deadliest maritime disaster in seven decades. China escalates effort to recover missing from capsized ship 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Police from the Yangtze River Navigation Administration, which took Zhang into custody, did not answer calls for comment. Ship sinking in China puts focus on captain's role 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z On the nearby shore of the Yangtze River, relatives of some of the hundreds of victims still unaccounted for cried after being barred entry to the mortuary to seek information about their loved ones. The Latest on China Boat Sinking: Relatives identify bodies 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The Eastern Star is owned by Chongqing Eastern Shipping Corporation, which runs tours along sections of the Yangtze. Insurers rush to site of ship capsized on China's Yangtze 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Engineers are considering whether to cut open the upturned hull which is still visible above the waters of the Yangtze River. China ship capsize: Up close at Yangtze River recovery site - BBC News 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Access to the site of the site was blocked by police and paramilitary troops stationed along the Yangtze river embankment. China escalates effort to recover missing from capsized ship 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z China's worst floods in recent history were in 1998, when 4,150 people died, most along the Yangtze. Yangtze River: Long river, long history, top tourist spot 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Huang Delong, a deckhand on a car ferry crossing the Yangtze several kilometres upstream, said he was working on Monday evening when the weather turned nasty. Hopes dim for more than 400 missing from capsized cruise ship in China 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The Eastern Star is owned by the Chongqing Eastern Shipping Corporation, which runs tours along the Three Gorges section of the Yangtze. Divers comb capsized China ship, Premier Li orders transparent probe 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z That does not include Monday’s accident, nor the capsizing of a ship in the Yangtze in June 2000 that killed 121 people. Oriental Star Accident Highlights Increase in Safety Problems on Yangtze Cruises 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z China's transport minister says rescuers are in a "race against time" to find survivors among the hundreds missing after a cruise ship capsized in bad weather on the Yangtze River. China ship capsize: 'Race against time' in Yangtze rescue - BBC News 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Most of the 458 people, many of them elderly tourists, aboard a cruise ship in China are missing after the boat sank on the Yangtze River during a heavy rainstorm. Your Tuesday Briefing 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Zhang, 43, said he drifted in the Yangtze all night despite not being able to swim, and reached shore near dawn. Hopes dim for more than 400 missing from capsized cruise ship in China 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z A tug sank on the Yangtze while undergoing sea trials in January, killing 22 of the 25 people on board. Divers comb capsized China ship, Premier Li orders transparent probe 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z In January, a tugboat sank while on a test voyage in the eastern section of the Yangtze. Families Wait in Vain for News as Rescue Efforts Continue on Yangtze River 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Rescue teams searched frantically for survivors in China’s Yangtze River on Tuesday morning, hours after a passenger ship carrying over 450 people capsized in rough weather on Monday night, according to state-backed news outlets. Hundreds Missing After Tourist Boat Sinks in Central China 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Photograph: Yuan Zheng/EPA The passenger ship carrying 458 people sank in the Yangtze river in a storm late on Monday. Chinese ferry sinks in Yangtze river with 458 people aboard – latest updates 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The Hubei Daily also said the Eastern Star was owned by the Chongqing Eastern Shipping Corporation, which runs tours along the Three Gorges area along the Yangtze river. Chinese ferry with 458 aboard sinks in storm, 12 rescued 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z |
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