Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to ... the makeover required leveling nearly every canal-side building. For centuries the Grand Canal had been the heart of the city; now it’s just a ...

All the main characters reside in a neighborhood in Huajie (Flower Street) along the bank of a section of the Grand Canal. [Photo/China Daily] More than 700 years ago, Italian merchant and ...

Developed by Wang Jing, an enigmatic Chinese industrialist with ties to China’s ruling party, the Grand Nicaragua Canal will cost ... than the Empire State Building is tall and carry 18,000 ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) said. Senators like Sen. Schmitt point to Chinese ports on both ends of the canal, and China’s building ...

Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo trekked to China, leaving a deep impression of the Grand Canal — the country's major waterway artery — and providing the detailed portrayal in the ...