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Article: China Focus: Yellow River's thirst for water brings China's shortages into light
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 23, 2006
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China Focus: Yellow River's thirst for water brings China's
shortages into light
ZHENGZHOU, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Although he lives beside the
Yellow River, China's second longest and popularly known as China's
Mother river, Du Ping is very concerned about water supply, which was
the cause in a drop of his income last year.
The farmer in Chongxing Town, northwestern China's Ningxia Hui
Autonomous Region, used to plant rice on his third of a hectare farm,
but switched to maize last year as it requires less water. His income
dropped by 250 U.S. dollars.
"I don't know what I will plant in the future if the river has
less andless water," he sighed.
Between 2001 and 2005, the average ...