Water crisis could collapse Chinese capital

BEIJING - Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its population in coming decades, a leading development policy group said Friday. Read more

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China: Chemical spill threatens water

BEIJING - A truck has overturned and spilt a powerful chemical into a river in southwestern China, threatening the drinking water of more than 200,000 people, the official Xinhua agency said on Monday. Read more

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China plans mass exodus from quake zone

MIANYANG, China - Chinese authorities have begun evacuating an additional 40,000 people in Beichuan county in the wake of potential flooding, CNN reports. While the total number of evacuees now stands at around 200,000, the number could rise to as much as 1.3 million in the event of mass flooding from that lakes that formed after the deadly earthquake. Read more

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China working to clean water after quake

BEIJING - China has still to recover 15 hazardous radioactive sources and must focus on the fight to keep drinking water clean and contain chemical spills after May 12’s massive earthquake, a senior official said on Friday. Read more

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China “quake lake” could force 1.3 million people to evacuate

BEICHUAN, China - New fears about the lakes formed after the quake have prompted Chinese officials to evacuate nearly 150,000 people from the town and county of Beichuan in Sichuan province.

While the death toll from the quake has been officially revised to 67,183, up to 1.3 million people may have to be evacuated from areas downstream if the barriers collapse entirely, the China Daily reported. Read more

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After the quake, 21 lakes formed

CHENGDU, China - In the wake of the 8.0 magnitude quake that hit China last week, 21 new lakes have formed in Sichuan provence where landslides blocked rivers. According to state media, the lakes don’t pose an immediate threat to the communities downstream. Read more

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Up to 400 dams damaged by China quake

CHENGDU, China - Nearly 400 dams were damaged by Monday’s earthquake in China, report the New York Times and CNN. “State media reported that 2,000 soldiers were sent to try to plug “very dangerous” cracks in one, upriver from the hard-hit Sichuan city of Dujiangyan, official media” told the Times. Read more

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China, Tibet, and the strategic power of water

Pollution and global warming threaten Asia’s most important freshwater source
Circle of Blue reports on a crucial but little-known factor in China-Tibet debate Read more

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Geoffrey Dabelko: Talking water and opportunities for environmental peacemaking

Dr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Dabelko discusses water, peacemaking and challenges in China and the Tibetan Plateau. Read more

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China tests water after 200 sickened

BEIJING - China has ordered quality checks on barreled water around the country after polluted water made more than 200 people sick, newspapers said on Tuesday.

The victims, all from the southwestern province of Guizhou, fell ill with hepatitis A in the last few weeks, the Beijing News said. Read more

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