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The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world. It is one of the world's busiest waterways, flanked with industrial belts and high-tech development zones, and is a major transportation artery for China, connecting the interior with the coast. Rapid modernization and economic development, including the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, has accelerated problems such as industrial pollution, erosion and deforestation, and is accelerating the loss of native species.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870 and opened in 1872, is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, USA. It has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, often referred to simply as "the Met," is one of the world's largest and the finest art galleries. It has a much smaller second location in Upper Manhattan, at "The Cloisters," which features medieval art.