In exchange for rich soil, irrigated land and convenient ... In the last 2000 years, the Yangtze River has flooded more than 1000 times. But it is the Hwang Ho or "Yellow River" that has been ...

The Yellow River valley was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization and the cradle of the Chinese nation. It has over 300 million mu of cultivated land (one-fifth of the country’s total ...