China’s mighty Yellow River has always been a cruel and capricious neighbor to the 140 million people—a fourth of China’s populace—who live near its banks. In the past 3,000 years it has ...

A tidal bore was seen rolling along a river in China. Footage captured by Mr Wei shows the wave surging toward the shore in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, on August 19. Continuous waves can be seen rapidly ...