Lakes fed by the Yangtze, such as the Dongting Lake in Hunan province, have shrunk dramatically, in an area that is reliant on irrigation for farming. China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake ...

After more than three months of being inundated by floodwater, the Tuanzhou township in Hunan province recently welcomed an ...

The Dongting Lake region, surrounded by Changde, Yiyang, and Yueyang, is a tourist area. The Story of Yueyang Tower, written by Fan Zhongyan, a man of letters and a statesman during the Song ...

Watching harvesters collect grain on his farmland in Tuanzhou township, Li Ruihua felt relieved knowing his family will be ...

Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in China, covers an area of 2,579.2 square kilometres and is known as the ‘Kidney of the Yangtze River’. Since the implementation of the national ...

But parts of the Yangtze, its tributaries and major lakes like the Dongting and Poyang have hit record levels anyway. Fan Xiao, a Chinese geologist and long-standing critic of giant dam projects ...

From Yichang the river enters the plain, where it becomes much wider and is joined by the Xiangjiang, Zishui, Yuanjiang and Lishui rivers of the Dongting Lake system; the Ganjiang, Fuhe ...

Over the last few days, floods have overwhelmed parts of central and eastern China. Several dams across the country's largest fresh water lake, Poyang, have burst, with the lake reaching record ...

Food scientist, Yang Shan, is a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and head of the Dongting Laboratory in Changsha, China. “Up to 30% of citrus fruit is lost to decay and disease ...

A significant group of works on paper by celebrated Chinese artists Liu Dan, Wu Changshuo, and Zhao Shao'ang will highlight Hindman’s Asian Art sales from March 28 to 29.