The Heilong River, which means “ the Black Dragon River”, gets its name from ... which collects the waters of the Songhua and Wusuli as it flows into the Tatar Strait. The Heilong River ...

HARBIN, China — Even as the mercury dropped well below freezing, enthusiasm soared among about a dozen hardy swimmers during a daily ritual in northeast China’s “ice city” of Harbin.

A photo shows the Oriental white storks in the Songhua River. [Photo by Yang Wei/For chinadaily.com.cn] After days of anticipation near the Binbei Bridge on the Songhua River in Harbin ...

The first group includes wild ducks, Chinese mergansers, and Oriental white storks, which break the silence of the melting Songhua River.