Authors: Simon Winchester
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-08 - Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China, pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant, Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to