For the last 1.7 million years, China’s Yangtze River has been stealing water from the Yellow River, new research shows ...

This photo taken on May 14, 2026 shows a Yangtze finless porpoise swimming near the lower reaches of the Gezhouba Dam in Yichang City, central China's Hubei Province. The Yangtze ...

A Yangtze finless porpoise was filmed expertly catching fish in waters in China, showcasing the rare freshwater mammal’s ...

British-Chinese photographer Yan Wang Preston describes the process of documenting the full 6,211 km of the Yangtze River as “four years of blood, sweat and tears.” Between 2010 and 2014 she made nine ...

Yang Jin was taking his daily walk along the Yangtze river, close to the Three Gorges Dam, when he spotted something worrying in the water. The 67 year-old pensioner has cultivated a hobby of ...

Rivers are the cradle of human civilization. From the cuneiform writing of Euphrates and Tigris to the pyramids along the Nile, and from the urban grids of the Indus to the rice cultivation heights of ...

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

Likely native to the Yangtze River basin in China, C. sowerbii was first described outside its native range in 1880 in a ...

New York-listed hospitality chain Hilton has signed two new lifestyle hotels in China’s Jiangsu province as the hospitality ...

The Yangtze River has long been the lifeblood of China. Just as with any river, the Yangtze has been part of hundreds of historical and cultural events. The Yangtze River is the third largest river in ...

Read about the Yangtze River below, then click on the main image to begin a slideshow about the region. Origin: Starting in the Kunlun Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China's Yangtze River ...