Huai River
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Sep 2, 2026
Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
They marched in and sacked the Chu capital of Ying, present-day Xichuan County in Henan, about a five-hour drive from Zhengzhou.
Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
The Wu army had sailed up the Huai River and then marched east to the Han River, where they faced off three times against the Chu military.
Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
These battles took place deep inside Chu territory at present-day Hanchuan, just west of Wuhan.
Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
Wu and Chu also fought a campaign up in the Dapian Mountains.
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Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
Well, due to financial reasons and the limitations of civil engineering at the time, the whole idea failed and he had to give it up.
Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
But we remember this feat of Fu Chai in the construction of the Hankou Bridge, You could still see it today if you go to Yangzhou.
Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
It connects the Yangtze and the Huai rivers.
Laszlo MontgomeryHOST
When Sui Emperor Yang built the Grand Canal in the early 7th century AD, all he had to do was continue on where the Han Go left off.
Nicholas GordonHOST
But which ones do you see as kind of the most prominent ones during this period that kind of most exemplify what you're talking about?
Yuri PinesGUEST
Yes, so there are major powers, the two greatest powers, the state of Jin in the north, ruling to the north of the Yellow River, and the state of Chu in the south, actually in southwest, ruling the Han and Huai River basins, for those of the listeners who have the map in front of their eyes.
Yuri PinesGUEST
Then there are two important powers in the west, in the far west, the state of Qin, which after many centuries will... emerge as the most powerful political entity and will unify the Chinese world.
Yuri PinesGUEST
Actually, the word China is coming from Qin.
Nicholas GordonHOST
But which ones do you see as kind of the most prominent ones during this period that kind of most exemplify what you're talking about?
Yuri PinesGUEST
Yes, so there are major powers, the two greatest powers, the state of Jin in the north, ruling to the north of the Yellow River, and the state of Chu in the south, actually in southwest, ruling the Han and Huai River basins, for those of the listeners who have the map in front of their eyes.
Yuri PinesGUEST
Then there are two important powers in the west, in the far west, the state of Qin, which after many centuries will... emerge as the most powerful political entity and will unify the Chinese world.
Yuri PinesGUEST
Actually, the word China is coming from Qin.
Nicholas GordonHOST
But which ones do you see as kind of the most prominent ones during this period that kind of most exemplify what you're talking about?
Yuri PinesGUEST
Yes, so there are major powers, the two greatest powers, the state of Jin in the north, ruling to the north of the Yellow River, and the state of Chu in the south, actually in southwest, ruling the Han and Huai River basins, for those of the listeners who have the map in front of their eyes.
Yuri PinesGUEST
Then there are two important powers in the west, in the far west, the state of Qin, which
Nicholas GordonHOST
after many centuries will
Nicholas GordonHOST
But which ones do you see as kind of the most prominent ones during this period that kind of most exemplify what you're talking about?
Yuri PinesGUEST
Yes, so there are major powers, the two greatest powers, the state of Jin in the north, ruling to the north of the Yellow River, and the state of Chu in the south, actually in southwest, ruling the Han and Huai River basins, for those of the listeners who... have the map in front of their eyes.
Yuri PinesGUEST
Then there are two important powers in the West.
Yuri PinesGUEST
In the far West, the state of Qin, which after many centuries will emerge as the most powerful political entity and will unify the Chinese world.
Jan JekielekHOST
Banqiao Dam was built on the Upper Ru River in Hunan's Sumedian region, beginning construction in 1951 with Soviet technical guidance and a workforce of more than 42,000 laborers.
Jan JekielekHOST
It was completed in 1952, one of five major reservoirs the CCP built across the Huai River basin with Soviet assistance as part of a sweeping flood control campaign.
Jan JekielekHOST
None of these projects, however, were built on reliable meteorological or hydrological data.
Jan JekielekHOST
The figures handed to Soviet engineers were largely rough estimates.
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