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Nadav Kander's images of China's Yangtze River depict communities adjusting to the changes caused by the re-routing of the country's largest river.
CNN: Photos capture plundering of Earth's resources
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Wednesday, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said the H7N9 virus probably came from migratory birds from East Asia that mixed with domestic fowl in China's Yangtze River delta region around Shanghai.
CNN: WHO reports 5 new bird flu cases in China; total now 49
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The diversion project a massive government undertaking will bring billions of gallons of water from the Yangtze River in the south northward to Beijing and other parts of northern China.
NPR: River Has Long Reflected China's Glories, Sorrows
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The film Red Cliff by director John Woo, the most expensive ever made in China, retells the story of a battle on the Yangtze river, as Cao Cao's navy is moored on one bank while Liu Bei and his accomplices are plotting on the other.
BBC: Liu Bei: China's warlord who teaches good management
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Like the Great Wall or, more recently, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River it's a classic imperial project, still possible under China's one-party system.
NPR: River Has Long Reflected China's Glories, Sorrows
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For example, after a severe drought in the Sichuan and Chongqing sections of the Yangtze River in 2006, tens of thousands of unemployed farmers moved to Xinjiang in China's far west to pick cotton.
ECONOMIST: Large parts of China are suffering a winter drought
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The new bird flu virus outbreak continues to dominate media headlines, as China Central Television reports 14 diagnosed cases and five deaths in the Yangtze River Delta region.
BBC: China media: Bird flu outbreak