(2002 est. pop. 87.4 million). Located on the upper reaches of the Chang (Yangtze) River, Sichuan (Szechwan), with a land area of 485,000 square kilometers, is one of China's most populous provinces. It has long played a key role in...

(1890–1990) Chinese reformer. Born in the mountains of China's Sichuan Province in 1890, the young Y. C. James Yen (Yan Yangchu) was sent to mission schools, where he became, in his later words, not a "Christian" (implying...

Coordinates: 30°0′N, 103°0′E Sichuan (help·info) (Chinese: 四川; pinyin: Sìchuān; Wade-Giles: Szŭ4-ch'uan1; Postal map spelling: Szechwan and Szechuan) is a province in western China with its capital at Chengdu. The current name of the...

The search for two U.S. climbers missing in China for more than a month has narrowed to one mountain in a southwestern province, a rescue official said Monday.Christine Boskoff, a top female climber, and Charlie Fowler, a well-known climber, guide and photographer, were reported missing...

Giant pandas are being forced to move from a remote mountainous area in southwestern China due to food shortages as their staple bamboo withers, an animal expert said Monday.Most of the pandas' favorite arrow bamboo in a 217,000 square-mile region of Sichuan province is going...

There is only a "slim" chance that two Colorado climbers missing since November are still alive in a region of 20,000-foot peaks in China's southwest, an official said Tuesday.Christine Boskoff, a top female climber, and Charlie Fowler, a well-known climber, guide and photographer, were reported...

There is only a "slim" chance that two Colorado climbers missing since November are still alive in a region of 20,000-foot peaks in China's southwest, an official said Tuesday.Christine Boskoff, a top female climber, and Charlie Fowler, a well-known climber, guide and photographer, were reported...