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	Shanghai Food
		Chekiang province, south of the Yangtse, is known as the land of rice and fish, and it is one of the wealthiest and most heavily populated regions of China.
		This area of the lower Yangtse is well-irrigated, criss-crossed with innumerable streams, ponds and lakes, ideal for ducks, fish, frogs and eels.
		Shanghai, on the Yangtse estuary, is the largest city in China, and one of the most cosmopolitan, being the centre of China's trade and industry.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/jdt-www/www.suchu/www-cook/shanghai/shanghai-intro.html (389 words)

	Studies on Megalopolis along the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtse River
		The orientation of the Yangtse River is identical with the direction of Chinese economic development strategy (from east, to middle and west).
		The Yangtse River, which is called "The Golden Waterway' in China, is a major passage from west to east and vice versa, and open to navigation at all seasons.
		The tentative plan of the megalopolis along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtse River is as follows: the development axes of megalopolis will be developed from Yichang to Shanghai along the river which is about l830 kilometers in length, and from Shanghai to Ningbo along the railway line which is about 400 kilometers.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~shichao/lsc/thesis/thesis.htm (3768 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is the chief distributing centre of the Yangtse valley, the capital city of the centre of China.
		Hankow is on the left bank of the Yangtse, separated only by the width of the Han river from Hanyang, and by the width of the Yangtse from Wuchang; these three divisions really form one large city, with more inhabitants than the entire population of the colony of Victoria.
		From Ichang to Chungking--a distance of 412 miles--the river Yangtse, in a great part of its course, is a series of rapids which no steamer has yet attempted to ascend, though it is contended that the difficulties of navigation would not be insuperable to a specially constructed steamer of elevated horse-power.
	www.gutenberg.net.au /ebooks05/0500681.txt (20065 words)

	Three Gorges Probe - Three Gorges Dam news service
		It is more than 2,000 years since the scholar and poet drowned himself, desolate after his expulsion from the court of the Kingdom of Chu, one of China's ancient warring states.
		It will be cooler in summer and warmer in winter." Over time, she says, the ecosystem will return to balance, with the Yangtse tamed and an end to its vast floods.
		Having devoted the "green spring of her youth" to the Communist party and having moved across the country from the pretty eastern town of Qingdao, she is now sighting victory in the campaign against the Yangtse's hazards.
	www.threegorgesprobe.org /tgp/print.cfm?ContentID=4079 (1648 words)

	HMS Amethyst (U16) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Amethyst, at full speed ahead, broke through the boom at the mouth of the river and made contact with HMS Consort the signal "Have rejoined the fleet off Woosung...God save the King."
		Amethyst re-enacted her role in the 1957 film Yangtse Incident: The Story of HMS Amethyst (released as Battle Hell in the USA, and also as Escape of the Amethyst and Their Greatest Glory) starring Richard Todd as Kerans.
		Leslie Frank - Yangtse River Incident 1949: The Diary of Coxswain Leslie Frank: HMS Amethyst - Yangtse River 19/4/49 to 31/7/49 (2004) ISBN 1843427567
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yangtse_Incident (864 words)

	The Yangtse Incident In Pictures
		In 1956 she starred in the film "Yangtse Incident" and was sold a year later for breaking up at Sutton, Plymouth.
		Forced to 'run the gauntlet' down the river she too was attacked, sustaining 9 fatalities with two more crew members dying of their wounds later.
		Based at Shanghai, on the mouth of the river Yangtse, London, together with the frigate Black Swan, was ordered to the aid of Amethyst.
	www.geocities.com /rnships/amethyst.htm (627 words)

	Floating Down the World's Great Rivers
		What has taken its place on the world's rivers is the tourist ship which, traveling at a leisurely pace and making frequent landfalls for sightseeing, offers its participants a new, generally comfortable and often fascinating dimension to their holiday travel.
		The best trips combine a journey on the Yangtse with a visit to the terra-cotta armies of Xian, the regional center of Guilin, the once-western-dominated metropolis of Shanghai, and the Imperial Capital of Beijing.
		The Yangtse section of the journey starts at Chonquing from where your ship will take you through the Devils Gate Gorge and then through the six mile long Qutang Gorge, the banks of which are sheer cliffs that rise 3,900 feet above the river.
	www.sallys-place.com /travel/world_rivers/rivers_menu.htm (3704 words)

	Yangtse Incident - Richard Todd, William Hartnell 1957
		Yangtse Incident - Richard Todd, William Hartnell 1957
		HMS Amethyst is on a peaceful mission up the Yangtse delivering supplies when she is attacked by communist shore batteries and twenty-two British sailors are killed and the ship's bridge destroyed.
		The only way out for the survivors is to run a one hundred and forty mile gauntlet of hostility...
	www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/564 (176 words)

	On Your Own In China
		The ferryboat ride from Chongqing down the Yangtse River and through the famous gorges is one of the most interesting journeys available in China.
		The Yangtse, 4000 miles (6400 kilometres) long, is one of the world's greatest rivers.
		It rises on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau to the west and bisects China neatly in half, traditionally, marking the dividing line between the north and south of the country.
	www.earnshaw.com /china/ch29.html (698 words)

	Yangtse Incident (aka Battle Hell in the US) [Free Republic]
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		Plot Summary for Yangtse Incident (1957) While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire.
		In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3ace55893367.htm (753 words)

	Theme Yangtse
		In the last year to experience the classic Yangtse River cruise visiting Beijing and including all sightseeing and full board.
		A 4-night Yangtse Gorges cruise combined with a stay on the Shanghai waterfront and cruises on the Grand Canal, the Li river, the west lake at Hangzhou and the canals of Suzhou.
		and Nanjing, and culminating in a cruise on the mighty Yangtse River.
	www.vjv.co.uk /themes/yangtse.html (107 words)

	The Scotsman - International - Towns levelled to clear way for rise of Yangtse
		The event, designed to remove possible underwater obstrctions for shipping, was not the greatest of spectacles: an explosion, a plume of dust, a pile of rubble.
		Once it is gone, Yangtse waters will push against the concrete wall of the Three Gorges Dam.
		The country at large is likely to reserve judgment until the boast is tested by the fearsome summer floods on the Yangtse, the world’s third longest river.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=75972002 (820 words)

	Relationship between the Three Gorges Project and Industrial Zone along the Middle Reaches of Yangtse River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Yangtse River crosses Hubei Province in l053km length from west to east and the industrial zone along the middle reaches of Yangtse River distributes mainly in this province, which accounts for 25% and 42% in the area and population, respectively, but accounts for 60% more or less in the gross industrial and agricultural product.
		It is very important to build industrial zone along the middle reaches for Hubei economic development and all industrial zone along the Yangtse River, because that industrial zone plays a joint role from upper to lower reaches along the River.
		According to the adjusting plan of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the runoff volume of the Yangtse River will be increased in winter, and the water level also be raised.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~shichao/lsc/papers/yangtse.htm (347 words)

	China Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Gorges of the Yangtse tour is accompanied from Beijing on Day 3 through to departure from Beijing on Day 12, by a different local tour guide in each place.
		Gorges of the Yangtse: Ex UK: Mar 16, 30; Apr 13, 27; May 04, 11, 25; Jun 01, 08; Aug 03, 17, 31; Sep 14, 21, 28; Oct 12, 19, 26.
		Important note: The Gorges of the Yangtse is subject to a minimum number of passengers.
	www.kuoni.co.uk /countryinformation/cn/htlj03.shtml (493 words)

	Philatelistenverein Zurzach und Umgebung - Der Yangtse - Fluch und Segen für China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Der Oberlauf des Yangtse Flusses war Anfang der 50er Jahre noch zu 40% bewaldet.
		Diese unkontrollierte Abholzung führt zur Bodenerosion und auch dazu, dass die Böden den Regen vor allem in der Regenzeit nicht mehr speichern können.
		In diversen Gebietsteilen des Yangtse liegt es bereits höher als die angrenzenden Landoberflächen.
	www.philatelistenverein.ch /index.php?file=publikationen/maerki_frieda/yangtse/yangtse.xml (836 words)

	The Magnificent Yangtse River \| China \| Yangtse River
		The mighty Yangtse River, with its twists and turns with incredible vistas after the end of each gorge, the amphitheatre-like views of the villages along the river banks convey the harmony of nature and beauty.
		The third gorge is the most fantastic one for as the river boat traverses through the narrow passage, one feels that one could almost touch the rock...
		This requires great concentration and a lot of experience to steer through this narrow gap but the boats that cruise on the Yangtse River have very experienced captains who have been sailing this route for countless years, continuing the work of their forefathers.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/2908.html (599 words)

	CBC News:China set to harness energy of Yangtse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BEIJING - Chinese authorities are ready to fill the reservoir for what will eventually be the largest hydroelectric project in the world, and possibly one of the largest ecological disasters.
		Plans are in place to spend $4.8 billion over the next 10 years to build 150 sewage plants and 170 garbage treatment plants that are expected to process 85 per cent of the waste in the region.
		That and other environmental measures have government officials confident water quality in the Yangtse won't suffer.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/05/30/china_3gorges030530 (340 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Yangtse Incident - The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
		Story [based on the book by Lawrence Earl and an idea by associate producer Franklin Gollings] is of the Amethyst, which, battered though not beaten, broke the Chinese Communist blockade and rejoined the British fleet.
		The Amethyst is shown sailing up the Yangtse, headed for Nanking on a lawful mission delivering supplies to the British Embassy.
		Suddenly, without warning, the Red shore batteries open fire and the frigate, after a heavy engagement, is grounded in the mud.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117796505?categoryid=31&cs=1 (291 words)

	vakantie china vakantie: De Yangtze Kiang Cruise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		De Yangtse riviercruise is het hoogtepunt van deze reis.
		Het leven aan boord van de drie sterren luxe cruiseschepen is ontspannen en aan de Chinese kookkunst wordt veel aandacht besteed.
		De Yangtse Kiang rivier is, met een lengte van 6.378 kilometer, de langste rivier van China.
	www.tiaratours.nl /yangtze-cruise.htm (1902 words)

	China Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Leave Wuhan, cross the fertile plains of the Yangtse.
		Important note: Along the Yangtse River tour is subject to a minimum number of passengers.
		Cruise ports, sights seen and embarkation and disembarkation points are subject to seasonal changes at time of operation, due to the changing water levels created by the Dam Project, sometimes at last minute.
	www.kuoni.co.uk /countryinformation/cn/htlj53.shtml (650 words)

	Kuensel Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Four candidates contested for the post of gup in Yangtse geog and another four candidates in Bomdeling geog in Trashiyangtse dzongkhag.
		Tshewang Rinzin, a dzongkhag jalingpa, was elected as gup of Yangtse geog securing 142 votes of the 426 votes cast.
		Jangchula of Yangtse village secured 121 votes, Pema, also from Yangtse secured 94 votes and Jigme, a non formal education instructor, won 69 votes.
	www.kuenselonline.com /print.php?sid=2139 (141 words)

	CBC News:China's huge reservoir fills up fast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The level of the Yangtse River has been raised 136 metres since the sluice gate was closed on the enormous dam June 1.
		The reservoir has flooded dozens of small towns, forcing more than a million people to relocate and creating concerns that the Yangtse's pollution problems will be worsened by sewage and industrial waste.
		Officials said the minimum water level to allow shipping to resume on the river near the dam was reached on Tuesday evening.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/06/11/gorges_dam030611 (228 words)

	Holocene deltas of the Yangtse River in China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Holocene deltas of the Yangtse River in China
		The Yangtze delta's fluvial channel system and overall depocenter configuration have been controlled largely by movement of active subsurface structures during most of the Quaternary.
		Hence, accurate measurements of land subsidence are needed throughout the plain, and particularly the lower reaches of the Yangtze river.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /paleo/deltas/modern_china.htm (292 words)

	Worldisround - Yangtse River - Waterparks in Wuhan photos
		A must visit place, as these gorges will be submerged in water when the Yangtse River Dam is completed.
		This lovely garden off the Yangtse River will be will be submerged in water, same fate as the 3 Gorges.
		This is a beautiful garden off the Yangtse River, near the Fosan aera.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/7327 (169 words)

	travelchannel.de - Buchen - Angebote - Das Schönste von China mit Yangtse-Kreuzfahrt
		Ein Muss ist die Fahrt auf dem größten Fluss Chinas - dem Yangtse - und natürlich auch der Besuch von Guilin mit seinen weltberühmten Karstkegelformationen, dem Inbegriff einer chinesischen Bilderbuchlandschaft.
		Aufregend ist auch ein Ausflug mit dem Boot in eine der Nebenflusslandschaften des Yangtse.
		Hinweis: Der Endpunkt der Flussfahrt auf dem Yangtse kann sich in Abhängigkeit des Wasserpegelstandes kurzfristig ändern.
	www.travelchannel.de /buchen/angebote/windrose/china_dasschoenste.phtml (945 words)

	AUDLEY TRAVEL - China, Yangtse River
		Famed for her great beauty and feared for the destructive power she reveals upon breaking her banks, the Yangtse River rushes from the cold mountains of Qinghai across China's vast hinterland to Shanghai and the East China Sea.
		Once China's capital, the city is steeped in history, from the remains of the ancient city walls to the more recent Sun Yat Sen's memorial.
		Victoria Cruises is the only US company to manage and operate Yangtse River cruises, offering a range of itineraries from four to ten days.
	www.audleytravel.com /China_Yangtse.shtml (1450 words)

	Das Parlament, Nr. 04 2005, 24.01.2005 - China im Fluss - Bilder vom Yangtse
		Der Yangtse hat der chinesischen Bevölkerung immer wieder Anfänge und Untergänge gebracht.
		Die Bewohner am Yangtse verehren den legendären Kaiser Yu, der sich als Flussbändiger zum Herrscher qualifiziert hat.
		Flussabwärts des Drei-Schluchten-Damms soll der Yangtse nun keine Flut mehr bringen, sondern Strom erzeugen.
	www.das-parlament.de /2005/04/Ausland/005.html (1206 words)

	Beijing to the Yangtse Gorges
		The Three Gorges of the Yangtse River stretch a total of 193 kilometres from the Nanjing Pass at Yichang in Hubei Province to the White King Shrine at Fengjie in Sichuan Province.
		According to geologists and archaeologists this area was, about 70 million years ago, a vast expanse of water and the Yanshan Crustal Movement resulted in the gradual rising of the earth's crust and after years of water erosion the gorges gradually appeared.
		Note on Prices: All prices are subject to fuel increase but the price we confirm at the time of booking is the price we guarantee.
	www.vjv.co.uk /tours/river/beijing_gorges_main.html (485 words)

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