The Yangtze River , or Yangzi , or Chang Jiang , is a river in China . Yangtze River , also spelled Yangtse River , Yangzi River and Yangtze Kiang , is derived from Yangzi Jiang , the local name for a stretch of the lower Yangtze near Yangzhou . â Yangziâ was the name of a village and site of an ancient ferry crossing , and Jiang is one of the Chinese words for river .