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A long-standing drought is drying up the Yangtze River and surrounding reservoirs. From the New York Times: As of Sunday, 4 medium-size reservoirs and 1,388 small reservoirs in Hubei had dropped below the allowable discharge...
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Read MoreFor Al Jazeera, Melissa Chan follows up on the story that Hunan family planning officials are being investigated for illegally confiscating babies who were born in violation of the one-child policy: Caixin has more on the...
Read MoreWith the recent killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. special forces fresh on their minds, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet in Beijing with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao this week. From AFP:...
Read MoreFollowing the government’s decision to loosen the reins on food safety reporting, a spate of reports on unsafe food have appeared in the Chinese media. For example, from People’s Daily: A local resident, surnamed An,...
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