Know why the Yellow River is called the Sorrow of China. Learn its history, floods, importance, course changes, and ...

From noodles and dumplings to opera and festivals, explore the authentic flavors and captivating performances shaped by ...

Northern China is pictured is this week’s image from the Envisat satellite. The North China Plain dominates the image, bordered on the north and west by mountains, with the Yellow Sea to the east.

The Yellow River, the world’s sixth-longest and most sediment-laden, occupies a singular place in Chinese history and national identity. It is often associated with great misery caused by its flooding ...

BEIJING, Oct. 21. /PRNewswire/ Deemed China's "Mother River" and "the cradle of Chinese civilization," the Yellow River basin has seen remarkable improvements in its ecological environment over the ...

Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, on Wednesday urged leveraging legal strength to promote ecological protection and high-quality development in ...

Ars Technica’s Scott K. Johnson reports that the effects of retreating Himalayan glaciers on China’s rivers this century may be fairly limited, offering some rare respite from a stream of bad news ...

Migratory birds fly over the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying City, east China's Shandong Province, on Nov. 13, 2025. Photo: Xinhua ...

* Several hundred people try to keep oil from Yellow River * Leak of 150,000 litres of diesel came from CNPC pipeline * Yellow River a major water source for millions * Leak around 70 km (43.5 miles) ...

BEIJING, July 7 (Reuters) - China's Vice Premier Han Zheng has called for ecological protection to be stepped up in the Yellow River Basin after a secretive filming project highlighted the need to ...