Water has become a critical issue for China, as the world’s second-largest economy copes with falling water tables and increasingly severe shortages.
The country has 20 per cent of the world’s population but only 7 per cent of its fresh water supply. It is one of the most water-poor economies in the world.
The problem has become more apparent as China grows. In the latest water squeeze, the city of Kunming – a provincial capital of 5m in the south – is to ration urban consumption for the next eight months.
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