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The Thirsty Dragon: South-North Diversion To Be Accelerated
December 16th, 2008
Via Xinhua, an updated report that the aforementioned 4-year postponement of the massive South-North water diversion has itself been diverted and the project is back on track. As the article notes, “China would accelerate the construction on the country’s huge south-to-north water diversion project next year, head of the project office Zhang Jiyao said on […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Drying Up Quickly
December 14th, 2008
An interesting post by Ying Jia on China’s dwindling water supply. As the article notes: “….Water scarcity is largely a product of China’s wasteful style of economic growth. A World Bank research study showed that in the period 2001-2005, 54 percent of China’s seven main rivers were deemed unsafe for human consumption (World Bank). The […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Recent Achievements in the South – North Diversion Scheme
October 18th, 2008
Via The Economist, a report detailing the most recent progress of China’s ambitious South – North water diversion scheme. As the article notes “…THE water level at Wangkuai Reservoir, one of the biggest in Hebei province, is close to an historic high—in a region gripped by drought. This has been achieved by hoarding the water. […]
Read more »Challenges Facing The Yellow River: Not Water Under the Bridge
January 20th, 2008
NPR has a wonderful five-part series on the environmental crisis facing China’s Yellow River, which snakes through northern China for more than 3,000 miles and has long been known as the country’s mother river — the cradle of Chinese civilization. Unfortunately, it is no longer clean nor in strong supply. Three-quarters of the 4,000 small […]
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