1997, Qian Yang et al., “Ertan hyrdoelectric project: Experiences during construction”, in Hydropower '97[1], A.A.Balkema, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 590:
Yalong is a tributary to Jin Sha Jiang (Yangtze) and Ertan Project is situated 30 km above the confluence of the two rivers, some 40 km from the city of Panzhihua.
Along with the four Lancang dams already completed or underway by the mid-2000s, there were another four planned for the Lnacang, thirteen more planned for the Nujiang with one of these already under construction, and another twelve planned for the Jin Sha Jiang, with at least one of these under construction (Dore, Yu, and Li 2007, 71-73).
The “Flowery Miao or A Hmao” from Ya-Yu and Ya Pao of Guizhou moved to eastern Yunnan and settled along the banks of the Chin Sha Chiang river, then some later moved to southeastern Yunnan and finally to northern Vietnam.]
2020 December, Hanli Zhou, Volker Grabowsky, “Demarcation of the Yunnan-Burma Tai Minority Area in Warry's Report of 1891-97: A Critical Evaluation against the Background of Contemporary Chinese Historiography·”, in Southeast Asian Studies[4], volume 9, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
The upper Chang Jiang River (Yangtze River) originates from the small Jin Sha Jiang (Jinsha River).
