Yangtze River

1. River in China, flowing from the highlands of Tibet in western China generally eastward through central China and emptying into the Pacific Ocean at Shanghai.

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.

Example Sentences

They focused on the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, two areas that are home to several megacities and key industrial zones.

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The hassle was worth it for Bev and John Martin, who documented their trip on YouTube showing sights such as a neon-lit food street and the Yangtze River aerial tram.

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Chinese scientists are in a battle to save one of the last large animal species living in the Yangtze River – and a complete ban on fishing in the region is helping them.

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And this is a familiar story in the south of Jiangsu province, a manfucaturing hub along the Yangtze River that produces just about everything, from textiles to electric vehicles.

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When the government constructed the world's biggest dam in the 90s - the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River - it saw protests and criticism over its handling of relocation and compensation for thousands of villagers.

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