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Chinese police announce that the driver of the bus that plunged into the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China, on October 28 was arguing and fighting with a passenger moments earlier, causing the accident.
2018-11-1

A bus veers off the Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge and plunges into the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China after its driver was distracted by an unruly passenger, killing at least 13 people.
2018-10-29

The death toll from the sinking of the Chinese cruise ship is now over 400 as the search area for bodies extends 1,000 km down the Yangtze River.
2015-06-7

The search continues for survivors of the "Dong Fang Zhi Xing" which sank on China's Yangtze River with 450 passengers on board. So far, 18 people have been confirmed dead with 14 people rescued.
2015-06-3

Rescue efforts continue for people on board the ship that sank on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province with over 450 people on board. So far, fewer than 12 have been rescued and five bodies recovered.
2015-06-2

The rescue and recovery efforts at the wreckage of the January 15 capsized tugboat on China's Yangtze River near the city of Jingjiang finds that twenty-one people are dead while three are rescued.
2015-01-17

A newly manufactured tug boat capsizes during a test run in the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province leaving at least 20 people missing.
2015-01-15

The Government of the People's Republic of China acknowledges that there are "urgent problems" associated with the country's Three Gorges Dam project, as it is linked to soil erosion, earthquakes, drought and social upheaval.
2011-05-20

The water level of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and utilization project, reaches its designed full capacity mark.
2010-10-26

Flooding at the Three Gorges Dam is set to peak within the next 24 hours.
2010-07-27