Yangtze River

[Photos] Jiangnan: China’s paradise on earth? [Eye on JiangZheHu series]

The Jiangnan region has long been renowned across China for its picturesque scenery, cultural refinement, and rich history, among many other things. Historical photo collector Hsu Chung-mao tells us more about the history of China’s “paradise on earth”, giving us a glimpse of Jiangnan’s enduring charm and allure.

Hsu Chung-mao

17 Jan 2025

Can the Yangtze River Delta area remain the economic anchor of China? [Eye on JiangZheHu series]

The Yangtze River Delta area, first comprising Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang then later expanding to include Anhui, has clear-cut advantages in scientific and technological innovation. But the area also faces several challenges. EAI senior research fellow Yu Hong observes that excessive competition among cities and provinces within the region remains a pressing issue.

Yu Hong

09 Jan 2025

The challenge of alleviating Yangtze River's shipping choke points

The Yangtze River is an important transportation route that has seen its freight volume exponentially grow over the years. Despite its importance in shipping key commodities such as coal and metal ores, challenges remain due to multiple factors. Academic Chen Hongbin notes that while the authorities have taken steps to rectify the issues around the coastlines, the structural limitations caused by bridges remain and will be hard to overcome.

Chen Hongbin

09 Nov 2023

Sichuan power crunch sparks calls for rethink of coal in China's energy mix

Extreme weather and declining water levels at hydropower reservoirs in Sichuan are sparking worries of a power crunch across China. This has forced electricity cuts to businesses and households in the province of 84 million people, along with loud calls for a rethink of coal in the nation's energy mix, putting a spanner in the works of its goal to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030.

Caixin Global

26 Aug 2022

Electricity woes further dampen China's hopes of economic recovery

While China has yet to emerge from the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic and its ailing real estate sector, power shortages caused by severe weather conditions are adding to its woes. Zaobao correspondent Yang Danxu tells us more about the severity of the power crunch, and its far-reaching impact across regions and industries.

Yang Danxu

25 Aug 2022

The Yangtze River Delta region: Promoting economic integration amid provincial competition

While the Yangtze River Delta region comprising Shanghai and parts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui has been seeing strong economic development, it could be more productive. Provinces with their own targets to meet have few incentives for regional integration, leaving the region as a whole less competitive. How can policies or market mechanisms be implemented to encourage more collaboration between local governments?

Qian Jiwei

02 Aug 2021

A Chinese deity and a ham jelly with a 300-year-old history

With each bite of Zhenjiang ham jelly, a traditional dish of Jiangsu province, Cheng Pei-kai remembers local folklores and heroes. There was Zhang Guolao, an immortal who dared to try meat accidentally cured with saltpeter, and also national hero Shi Kefa, who defended Yangzhou with his last breath. What would they have thought of today's tourists, nonchalantly trying a slice of ham jelly or two?

Cheng Pei-kai

11 Jun 2021

From New York to Suzhou: A professor's guide to eating hairy crabs

Cultural historian Cheng Pei-kai recalls the very first time he tasted Yangcheng Lake's famed hairy crabs, not in China, but in New York. Since then, he has been smitten with the Chinese mitten crab, and is in no doubt as to why this delicacy takes pride of place in China's food heritage.

Cheng Pei-kai

11 Dec 2020

Chongqing residents on worst floods in 40 years: This has not been a good year

This year, Chongqing has seen its worst floods in 40 years, with torrential rains swelling the Yangtze and Jialing rivers. Zaobao correspondent Edwin Ong speaks to residents and shares his personal experiences.

Edwin Ong

20 Aug 2020

Floods in China: Can the Three Gorges Dam weather 'once-in-a-century massive floods in the Yangtze River'?

Close to 20 million people across 26 provinces and cities in the areas spanning China's southwestern region to the midstream and downstream areas of the Yangtze River have been displaced due to severe flooding over the past few weeks. The Three Gorges Dam has long been held up as a bulwark against such massive floods in the area, but recent signs that it is literally buckling under the pressure cast doubts on its ability to be an effective flood control mechanism.

Yu Zeyuan

09 Jul 2020