In an underground river of southern China, a scaly creature with four nostrils tucked itself into a burrow. Its "large" eyes ...

Extreme rainfall in southern China has triggered the largest floods since 1998 in the upper and lower reaches of the Lishui ...

Rescue workers used rubber dinghies to evacuate people and deliver food and water Wednesday after floodwaters overwhelmed ...

The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and the third-longest in the world. Its mainstem spans nearly 6,400 ki- lometers. Its drainage basin, covering approximately one-fifth of China's ...

It is one of many memorable lines in Other Rivers, the fourth book on China from an author and journalist who has long been one of its most astute and sensitive foreign observers. 这是《其他河流》(Other ...

“Although I am a student of literature,” writes one of Peter Hessler’s students in Sichuan, “I don’t know how to express facts in words now.” It is one of many memorable lines in Other Rivers, the ...

Eyewitness footage shows an overflowing river in Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan province amid extreme rainfall and flash floods ...

Experts are on alert for what has happened in China, as a dam has displaced the Earth's axis and is changing the length of days. It is the Three Gorges Dam, which is located on the ...

Beijing’s formidable influence has traction because no country or authority officially controls the historic waterway.

[Photo/Xinhua] China has unveiled an action plan to protect and create beautiful rivers and lakes from 2025 to 2027, with a focus on improving the quality of aquatic ecosystems. The plan ...

The country lost almost 12bn yuan (US$1.65bn) due to heavy rainfall and floods in April – “the worst in 10 years”. In June, dozens of people were killed and some 33 rivers in China “exceeded warning ...