China will build three more large-scale reservoirs on the troublesome Yellow River, the nation's second-longest river, after authorities gave a green light to a harnessing plan earlier this month.

Water allocations for the Yellow River Basin’s nine provinces. A 1987 plan to allocate and enforce specific allotments of water to each of the 9 provinces in the Yellow River Basin is based on an ...

The Yellow River has long reflected the glories and the problems of China's past. Today, China's rapid industrialization is taking its toll on the environment surrounding the country's mother river.

The final deck segment of the Heishan Gorge Yellow River grand bridge in Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, was ...

"Whoever controls the Yellow River controls China" is a timeless maxim attributed to Yu the Great, the first emperor of the Xia Dynasty. He is believed to have lived around 2,200 B.C. -- if he ...

China's mighty Yellow River has always been a cruel and capricious neighbor to the 140 million people—a fourth of China's populace—who live near its banks. In the past 3,000 years ...

Ancient porcelain techniques are experiencing a remarkable renaissance in Shapotou district, Zhongwei city, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Five years ago, Yao Sijie, now head of a ...

As part of their China Green project, Asia Society has released a new documentary about the Yellow River. Watch it here: The Yellow River, also known as “China’s Sorrow,” often doesn’t ...

China is building another mega dam on Yellow River: https://sc.mp/0wae Preventing natural disasters from the Yellow River has been the goal of every Chinese ruler since ancient times, and the ...

Scenery of Yellow River in Yinchuan, NW China. PHOTO / CHINA. Scenery of Yellow River in Yinchuan, NW China. By Xinhua Published: Jun 04, 2024 10:41 AM.

Interactive infographic: Click through the map of pollution level in China’s seven major river basins. Click on a river or a basin for a breakdown of water quality. Click through the years to see how ...