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New data show 5.9 million Chinese face drinking water shortages
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BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The number of Chinese officially…
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Drought leaves 250,000 short of drinking water in north China
About 250,000 people in north China's Hebei Province, which neighbors…
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A Vast Chinese Grassland, a Way of Life Turns to Dust
600 miles north of Beijing the whole of the largest contiguous grasslands on Earth opens to the horizon.
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The Perfect Drought – Water Disaster in the American West?
Is the American West facing a water disaster? Reporter Jon Gertner…