China's unquenchable thirst: China's staggering growth over the last 20 years has strained much of its resource base, but nothing more than freshwater supplies.

World Watch | November 1, 2007| | Copyright

On June 8,1988, I boarded a midnight train bound for Zhengzhou from Beijing, where my trip to research China's land and water challenges had begun just three days before. My senses were already brimming with the sights and sounds of the capital city and its surroundings--horse-drawn carts piled high with bricks, waves of wheat awaiting harvest, bustling markets along dirt roads, and bicycles, bicycles everywhere. Under China's "responsibility system," farmers were now allowed to sell whatever they harvested above their quota to the state. Colorful roadside stands laden with ...

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