Hong Yulan has fished the shallow waters of Dongting Lake for nearly 30 years, but this summer she is doing something she never fathomed possible: walking across the bottom of her lake.
In a rare admission, the Chinese government has said the Three Gorges Dam -- the world's largest hydropower plant -- is having "urgent problems," warning of environmental, construction and migration "disasters" amid the worst drought to hit southern China in 50 years.
China's Three Gorges Dam may be contributing to the country's drought. CNN's Ramy Inocencio reports.
CNN's Stan Grant visits Chongqing, China, a boomtown where millions have transformed their lives.
Sixteen people are missing in eastern China after a fishing boat capsized early Saturday morning, according to state media.
If you love big-ship cruising but crave a more intimate experience, then the small boats plying the rivers of Europe -- and beyond -- are just the ticket. Budget Travel's Trip Coach answers readers' top questions about river cruising:
The life-blood of civilizations and natural wonders, rivers are one of the best ways to explore the world's most spectacular scenery.
Heavy rain and flooding have exacted a high toll in China this year, and Friday the country faced a new threat from a swollen Yangtze River dam that was dangerously close to capacity.
Across China, people are dealing with flooding, the threat of more rain and Typhoon Chanthu. CNN's John Vause reports.
Chanthu, the third typhoon of the West Pacific season, slowed down Thursday as it made its way over land in southern China.
The giant Three Gorges Dam which spans China's Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei Province, has withstood the biggest test of its flood control capabilities since it was completed in 2009, according to a senior official.
The death toll has risen to 34 as a result of floods and landslides in two provinces in central China, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Monday.
Efforts to battle flooding around central China's Yangtze River have been ramped up to take advantage of improved weather after days of "torrential rain," state-run Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.
Millions of Chinese are struggling to stave off the country's worst floods in years, as heavy summer rains pour relentlessly across southern and central parts of the country.
Officials evacuated more than 4,200 people in eastern China when levees broke during torrential rains, state media reported.
Last year's inaugural Prix Pictet photography award for environmental sustainability produced a stunning shortlist of photos.
Chinese authorities were explicit: Tear down the nation's first sex-themed amusement park before it gets going full steam.
The Irrawaddy, one of the world's rarest species of freshwater dolphins, have been found in surprisingly large numbers deep in the waterlogged jungles of Bangladesh.
There could be few more homely or universal scenes than clothes hanging to dry on a washing line.
It was supposed to be a two-hour trip. True, the weather was cold, but it was clear and there was no snow expected for at least 12 hours.
Two cargo ships collided on China's Yangtze river Wednesday morning, killing at least 15 sailors, the state-run news agency said.
Senior officials in Beijing are now grumbling that the megaproject on the
Yangtze is turning into an environmental nightmare
A white dolphin native to China's Yangtze River that scientists declared extinct last year has possibly been spotted swimming in the wild, offering a small shred of hope for its revival
A Chinese man has videotaped a large white animal swimming in the Yangtze river which experts say is a dolphin species unique to China and feared extinct, the official Xinhua agency reported on Wednesday.
Scientists say the species is probably extinct, the victim of overfishing and environmental degradation on China's crowded waterway
Some 5 million have been evacuated, but improved emergency-response planning may have saved thousands
A final group of more than 100,000 people will be forced to relocate by the end of next year to make way for the Three Gorges Dam
The Chinese have long dreamt about taming the Yangtze River.
Chinese workers have completed construction work on the world's largest hydroelectric project, according to reports in state media.
Former Chinese leader Mao Zedong dreamed of a "great wall of stone" taming the mighty Yangtze River.
Floods unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 161 people and left dozens more missing in southwestern China, prompting authorities to put the massive Three Gorges hydroelectric project on alert.
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