Grand Canal barges have no fancy names ... was seen by Chinese historians as an act of brilliant madness. Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted to break this grip ...

A stunning 1000-year-old town in East China has been described as the ‘the Venice of Asia’. Quiet Nanxun, just outside the ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] In Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris ... Yangzhou was a bustling metropolis during the Tang Dynasty due to being a transportation hub on the Grand Canal, an ancient ...

A major feature of the 24 lattice-style waterways is their proximity to the Grand Canal. As the main artery flowing through the heart of China’s economy and culture for over two millennia ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] In Woody Allen's Midnight ... Tang Dynasty due to being a transportation hub on the Grand Canal, an ancient waterway that was begun in the 5th century BC, which ...