Navigation in China
The Chinese have navigated the Yangtze River for thousands of years, but the gorges are so deep and narrow that there has been a terrible toll of human life every year. Some years as many as... Read allThe Chinese have navigated the Yangtze River for thousands of years, but the gorges are so deep and narrow that there has been a terrible toll of human life every year. Some years as many as 100,000 lives have been lost. The channel keeps changing on account of the constant rise ... Read allThe Chinese have navigated the Yangtze River for thousands of years, but the gorges are so deep and narrow that there has been a terrible toll of human life every year. Some years as many as 100,000 lives have been lost. The channel keeps changing on account of the constant rise and fall of the tide. The junks must be towed through the ravines, by means of a line from... Read all