The Yellow River, which stretches from the Tibetan Plateau to the Bohai Sea in China, is so called because of the color lent ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

In the 1200s, a Chinese official described Alexandria and its lighthouse in remarkable detail given the vast distance.

both from the remarkable personality of the writer and from the public interest recently directed to our projected “sphere of influence” in the Yangtze Valley. The greater part of the route fo ...

The Yangtze River has experienced severe ecological degradation due to intensive human activities, including dam construction, land reclamation, and overfishing. These disturbances have disrupted the ...

Central China's Hubei province. The Yangtze finless porpoise is a national first-class protected wild animal and its population status serves as a "barometer" of the ecological environment of the ...

Archaeologists in central China ... of Ancient History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CSSN). Some vessels and adornments show eastern and central influences, while others reflect details ...

river in Tibet. On completion, the 60,000 MW project will have the capacity to produce three times the amount of electricity as the world’s largest hydro project, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze ...

This article details the six deadliest floods, ranging from the 1931 China ... rewritten maps, and left scars that echo through time. These catastrophic events from ancient river valleys to ...

A United States aircraft carrier returned to the South China Sea this week, following a five-day visit to Malaysia, while a Chinese "flattop" conducted a new round of sea trials. USS Carl Vinson ...

From the purple potato crystal cake I ate on my first night on board — and loved — to ancient ... China coastal voyages for travelers primarily from the United States. That means the experience is ...