Yangtze River
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At about four thousand miles, it is the longest river of China and of Asia.
Also called the Chang.
A major east-west trade and transportation route in China.
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In contrast, the nonmanufacturing PMI is projected to slip to 50.0 from 50.1, as heavier-than-usual rainfall in the Yangtze River Delta and southern China might have disrupted construction and outdoor services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Xiao first encountered the fossil about five years ago when a collaborator sent him a photo of a specimen uncovered along the Yangtze River in China.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
A refugee from the Sino-Japanese War who fled mainland China to Hong Kong, he started a business in 1950 manufacturing plastic flowers and named it Cheung Kong after China's Yangtze River.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
"We're saving the finless porpoise to save the Yangtze River," says Wang Ding.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
On February 6, 2006—a year and a week after he’d crossed the frozen Tumen River into China—Shin arrived in Hangzhou, a city of about six million in the Yangtze River Delta.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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