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Water and Food Shortages Hit Western China

June 17, 2009

The cisterns of western China are empty, as prolonged drought brings the people of the the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to their knees.

Beijing to Conserve Water Through Pricing

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May 11, 2009

Pressed for water resources, China’s capital is looking for alternative ways to aid its water supply.

Q&A: Jennifer Turner on Water Challenges for Growing China

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May 6, 2009

"China is a very energy hungry country, so it’s not surprising that they are damming the rivers."

Down and Drought: Billions Needed to Rescue China’s Agriculture

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March 8, 2009

China has not seen weather this dry in 50 years.

Water Management is a Money Issue, World Bank tells China

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January 15, 2009

In a recently released report, the World Bank applauds China…

Going against the Flow: India, Bangladesh worry China may Divert Water from Tibet

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December 8, 2008

Downstream worries about the environment, agriculture and politics.

Toxic Yellow River Intensifies ‘China’s Sorrow’

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November 25, 2008

BEIJING -- One third of China's Yellow River is now poisonous…

Water crisis could collapse Chinese capital

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June 30, 2008

BEIJING - Beijing's water crisis is so critical that the city…

China, Tibet, and the Strategic Power of Water: Pollution and Global Warming Threaten Asias’s Most Important Freshwater Source

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May 8, 2008

eneration are occurring between Chinese police and young Tibetan protestors. The fierce fighting, which erupted in March, has produced casualties on both sides and prompted demonstrations around the world. Many analysts assert that the fighting is caused, at least in part, by fear that the Chinese government’s long-standing strategy to open Tibet’s vast reserves of copper, iron, lead, zinc, and other minerals will accelerate with the railroad’s development.