Now climate change is threatening to bring more droughts, floods and extreme weather events to the river basin, and dry up more of its lakes. It all adds to the challenges we’re tackling to help ...

China has seen unusually high levels of rain this flood season, with southwest and central regions in the Yangtze river basin bearing the brunt of flooding. The Ministry of Water Resources said on ...

Beyond its contribution to flood control, irrigation ... towering 185 metres above the Yangtze River and spanning over 2 kilometres. It generates an astounding 22,500 megawatts of electricity ...

Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to help the population with agriculture. But one of them is completely unique ...

Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.

From July 2 to August 20, the Three Gorges Reservoir experienced a total of five heavy floods. On August 20, the inbound water flow reached this year’s record high of 75,000 cubic meters per second as ...

The Yellow River is China's second-largest river after the Yangtze. Honored as China's ... Chinese people have struggled against the flooding of the Yellow River since ancient times, and ...

What will really matter in the long run? That’s the question we tackle each year as we compile this annual list. The 2025 edition will be published in January. Here’s what won’t be on it. AI ...

Snakes weren’t always “little dragons.” In early Chinese cultures, they were powerful symbols of vitality and strength in ...

And this is a familiar story in the south of Jiangsu province, a manufacturing hub along the Yangtze River that produces just ...