Group of Chinese scientists visits Cape Girardeau to study Mississippi River Basin

Monday, August 10, 2009

Chinese call the nearly 4,000-mile Yangtze River the "golden waterway" or "river of mother," and Americans have dubbed the Mississippi River "Old Man River," but the roles the two large waterways play in the economy and development of their respective nations are similar.

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