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China spent decades moving water across a continent. The world's largest diversion project now serves 185 million people

In 2002, China's State Council formally approved construction of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, an engineering undertaking designed to move water from the relatively water-rich Yangtze River basin in the south to the chronically dry cities and farmland of northern China, including Beijing. More than two decades later, the project…

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Ancient Chinese city opens hidden treasures to visitors: How the 5,000-year-old Shijiahe civilisation built walls, canals and a thriving urban centre

Ancient Chinese city opens hidden treasures to visitors: How the 5,000-year-old Shijiahe civilisation built walls, canals and a thriving urban centre

For thousands of years, the remains of a remarkable prehistoric city lay buried beneath the plains of central China, preserving clues to one of the Yangtze River region's earliest urban civilisations. Now, new visitor access and archaeological discoveries are shedding fresh light on the Shijiahe Culture, a sophisticated society that…

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China banned all fishing to save the Yangtze River. This 'nuclear' option appears to be working.

China banned all fishing to save the Yangtze River. This 'nuclear' option appears to be working.

Decades of overfishing and habitat degradation led to huge declines in freshwater biodiversity in China's longest river, but there are signs of recovery after a fishing ban was implemented in 2021.

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Photos of the busy ports on the Yangtze River after China-US trade friction cools

Activity at Chinese ports has rebounded since U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping agreed to resume trade talks and put off imposing massive tariffs on each other’s exports. That’s true, also, of inland ports along China’s mighty Yangtze River.

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Indian, Chinese Troops Clash at Border in Fresh Faceoff

Soldiers from India and China clashed last week along their disputed border, India's defense minister said Tuesday, in the latest violence along the contested frontier since June 2020, when troops from both countries engaged in a deadly brawl. Rajnath Singh, who addressed lawmakers in Parliament, said the Friday's encounter along…

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Late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's ashes are scattered at mouth of Yangtze River

The ashes of late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin were scattered into the sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Sunday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

China's Yanjin, 'narrowest city in the world', courts tourists

Yanjin, a city built along the Yangtze river in southern China, is the narrowest in the world: just 30 metres wide in some places. But despite growth being constrained by the area's stunning geography, residents have managed to turn this former mountain trading hub into a bustling metropolis of some…

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China's record-breaking drought hits major rice-growing regions

China's record-breaking drought hits major rice-growing regions

HONG KONG: A record-breaking drought has continued to hit China's two major rice-growing regions, adding to challenges over food security, drinking water and the conservation of endangered Yangtze River mammals.

Dried-out farms from China to Iowa will pressure food prices

Drought is shrinking crops from the U.S. Farm Belt to China’s Yangtze River basin, ratcheting up fears of global hunger and weighing on the outlook for inflation.

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The Yangtze River is drying up in China — revealing 600-year-old Buddhist statues in the process

The Yangtze River is drying up in China — revealing 600-year-old Buddhist statues in the process

“This is very precious,” one person said, which would be cute if it weren’t a direct result of climate change.

Plunging Yangtze water levels expose ancient statues

Plunging Yangtze water levels expose ancient statues

BEIJING: Plunging water levels of the Yangtze River have revealed a submerged island in the southwestern city of Chongqing and a trio of Buddhist statues on it that are believed to be 600 years old, the Xinhua news agency has reported.

China's farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

China's farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

As the tinder-dry countryside along China's Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than 60 years ago.

Yangtze tributary runs dry as China faces another month of drought

Yangtze tributary runs dry as China faces another month of drought

Residents living near a tributary of the Yangtze river in the southwestern region of Chongqing clambered along the dry riverbed on Thursday amid an unprecedented drought across the region that could last another month.

China races to alleviate drought, power cuts amid record heatwave

China races to alleviate drought, power cuts amid record heatwave

China is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as it battles a record-breaking heatwave by deploying relief funds, seeding clouds and developing new sources of supply.

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China's Yangtze river shrinks as heatwave, drought threaten crops

Regions that rely on the Yangtze, China's longest river, are having to deploy pumps and cloud-seeding rockets as a long drought depletes water levels and threatens crops, and a heatwave is set to last another two weeks.

China power demand sets new records as heatwaves bake northern cities

Power consumption surged in Chinese provinces north of the Yangtze river due to warmer-than-normal weather, with regions like Henan, China's third-most populous province, being tested to meet record electricity demand.

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