From AFP: The worst drought to hit parts of north China in six decades has left nearly five million people short of water, while officials warn of another dry spell further south, state media reported Sunday. A total of 4.6...
Read MoreFrom AFP: A drought in Tibet has intensified into the region’s worst in three decades, leaving thousands of hectares parched and killing more than 13,000 head of cattle, China’s state media said Saturday. The report...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on the ongoing drought in northern China: The current drought, considered the worst in Northern China in at least half a century, is crippling not only the country’s best wheat farmland, but also the...
Read MoreAn official of Henan Province has said that the current drought’s damage is limited, due to irrigation and better yields in other regions. From Reuters: The government of one of China’s big farming provinces, Henan,...
Read MoreThe central Chinese government is taking steps to address the drought crisis. From the Los Angeles Times: The state-run media reported today that the Finance Ministry had allocated nearly 87 billion yuan, or close to $13...
Read MoreReuters reports on a severe drought hitting central and northern China: The drought gripping parts of central and northern China has sent Zhengzhou wheat futures prices up 5 percent this week but physical prices have not moved,...
Read MoreThe water supply is again the crucial question for the Beijing Olympics. From Reuters: The north Chinese province of Hebei, which will supply arid Beijing with much of its water for the summer Olympics, is suffering severe...
Read MoreFrom Reuters via Msnbc.msn.com: China has begun storing water pumped from the Yellow River in Olympic co-host city Qingdao to guarantee supplies in the parched northern port during next year’s Games, local media reported. Qingdao , which will host Olympic sailing events, by the end of November will pump water from the Yellow River equal […]
Read MoreChina Dialogue reports on a Beijing taxi driver who is working with the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau to end China’s water woes: The bureau had begun a campaign on March 26 encouraging the public to: “Put forward suggestions for conservation in the capital and prepare for the green Olympics.” A month later, Liu stopped off […]
Read MoreFrom Planetark.org: Drought affecting large swathes of China has left more than 8 million people short of water, and many livestock have died of hunger, the official Xinhua news agency said. The country’s northern regions, including Inner Mongolia and Liaoning and Jilin provinces , were among the worst affected areas, it said late on Friday, […]
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