Original: Stretches of Chang Jiang have local names such as the Chuanjiang ( , for the Sichuan portion of the river from Yibin to Yichang ) , Jingjiang ( , for the Jingzhou section of the river ) and Yangzi Jiang ( near Yangzhou ) .
Simplified: It is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world ( after the Amazon and the Nile ) .