This story appears in the May 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Deep in the mountains of western Sichuan I'm hacking through a bamboo jungle, trying to find a legendary trail.

Fan Xiao, a geologist based in Sichuan, said the area from western Sichuan to central Yunnan province next door was seismically active and the risk of large earthquakes could not be ruled out.

China has revealed the latest addition to its ever-growing navy, and this is a ship with such an unusual design that it ...

The measures are to include enhancing international aviation hubs in cities including Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, Xi’an and ...

The bodies of 15 people have been found after a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China left more than 120 people missing, state media say. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo ...

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 that killed at least 96 people in western China near Nepal on Tuesday was one of ...

Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and neighboring Chongqing Municipality are emerging as dynamic ...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 19 people and injured 247 in China's south-western province of Sichuan. Six tourists are thought to be among the dead, with up to 45,000 people ...

China's push to develop its western regions through new policy measures will reduce regional disparities and further unlock ...