Tag: Yangtze River
Severe Storms and Rare Tornado Kill at Least 11 Across Hubei Province
Severe storms and a rare tornado swept across four cities in central China's Hubei province on the night...
The Engineers Who Predicted the Three Gorges Dam Would Fail — and Were Silenced for It
The Three Gorges Dam, completed in 2006 after more than a decade of construction on the Yangtze River...
The World’s Most Famous Forensic Scientist, Henry Lee, Believed He Was a Reincarnated Monk
Henry Lee was born in 1938 in Rugao, Jiangsu Province, China. His father, Li Haomin, was a wealthy merchant...
Xi’s Political Status Intact After Beidaihe, But Crises Deepen Ahead of Party Congress
Political analysis On Aug. 16, Chinese leader Xi Jinping went on an inspection tour of Jinzhou...
Water Levels in China’s Longest River Plummet Amid Record Heat, Authorities Deploy Weather Modification
The water level of China’s longest river, the Yangtze, which nourishes numerous cities including Shanghai...
‘Deep Aging’ Becoming an Increasingly Difficult Problem for Many Major Chinese Cities
China’s once in a decade census has revealed that 14 percent of all residents in 149 cities in China...
Communist China Grapples With Another Weather Disaster As Driest Region Floods
Taklamakan Desert in southwest Xinjiang is the driest region in all of China. At 130,000 square miles...