a firm majority-owned by the Chinese state-run China Nonferrous Metals Industry Group. "before the 18th of February this was a vibrant and alive river," a local resident Sean Cornelius said.

Here’s how big the Yangtze is. A third of all the inhabitants of China (which means more than 400 million people) live in the area covered by the Yangtze’s river basin. The Yangtze basin provides ...