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Commercial fishing banned in Yangtze River for 10 years

4 years 11 months ago By Annie Won

The Chinese government has imposed a 10-year commercial fishing ban in the Yangtze River to combat "across-the-board" declines in the populations of rare species like the Chinese sturgeon.

Wreckage of Chinese warship ‘Jingyuan’ discovered after 100 years

6 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

The Jingyuan was sunk with three other warships during the first China-Japanese War in September 1894. When it was built by German shipmakers in 1887, it was considered a state-of-the-art warship.

South China Sea: International Tribunal backs Philippines in case against China

8 years 5 months ago By Main Minion

China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including reefs and islands also claimed by others.

19th Century Chinese cruiser Zhiyuan identified

9 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

The shipwreck was first discovered in 2013. It was first was code-named "Dandong No.1" has been tentatively identified as the Cruiser Zhiyuan.

Cave diving in China's Du'an county

9 years 11 months ago By Main Minion

It was during my long decompression stops, after a deep exploration dive in Daxing spring in Du’an county in China, that I remembered my first dive there, three years earlier.

'Strawberry' crab found off Taiwan

13 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

The team, led by professor Ho Ping-ho, was conducting research at Taiwan's Kenting National Park in June to determine the environmental impact of an oil spill there when they happened upon two of the unusual crabs. The crabs, both female, were tiny -- the larger is only an inch long -- and, at the time of the discovery, one was already dead and the other was dying. The two deceased crabs have since been made into specimens, and Ho plans to study them further and write about them. Read more