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If you think those pictures we just showed you earlier aren't crazy enough, here's more. A Chinese journalist gets soaked while reporting at the Qiantang River as a wave comes crashing on her . more ›

20 people were injured, nine of them seriously, when a massive tidal wave from the Qiantang River surged through the dike in Haining, Zhejiang Province. more ›

We don't know if this is what happens every summer in this city, but it seems like this month there have been a lot of really depressing stories about children drowning. First, there was the woman who allegedly threw a two-month-old infant into the river. She has been detained and is rumored to be suffering from post-partum depression. Then a little boy fell into the river near the Yangjia Bridge last week. He has yet to be found. And now Shanghai Daily tells us that a toddler has drowned in a freak septic tank accident in Baoshan District. Someone left the top of a septic tank open and a 5-year-old girl fell in and wasn't discovered til two days later. Good god. So keep an eye on your kids, parents, especially if they happen to be playing anywhere near water. more ›

From Michael Zhao of China Green:

Southeastern Tibet’s vast “sea of forests” contains one-seventh of all the timber reserves in China. In 1997, China banned harvesting in the region and created the Four Great Rivers Nature Preserve, in order to protect the upper watersheds of four of Asia’s greatest rivers: the Yangtze, Salween, Mekong and Irrawaddy. Together, these rivers serve nine countries and 20 percent of the world’s population.

And while you're visiting the ice festival in Harbin, why not consider taking a dip into the chilly river with these guys? This video sure makes swimming along to Chinese techno music look fun! more ›

Is water the new oil? Current TV takes us around China for a look at the reservoirs that have dried up, the arable land that's turned into large swathes of desert, rivers in urban spaces that have become dumps for human and chemical waste and the people's lives that have been affected. It also highlights the army of environmental NGO's that have sprung up only recently and their battle against time. more ›