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<\/a><\/p>\nFigure 1 The average annual\u00a0precipitation<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in different regions of China and\u00a0Taiwan<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The South-North Water Diversion Project has been criticized as a bad project with the huge amount of money spent on the project and many environmental impacts. The project basically links \u00a0China’s two great river through three canals as shown in Figure 2.These two rivers have very different ecosystems and taking water from one to other could do irreparable environment harm. \u00a0The water pumped has also been polluted that a third of the cost has gone on water treatment. Moreover, the project could also create a problem on region stability since the proposed dam on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra, Mekong and other rivers are bound to have an impact on downstream countries. Finally,This project would increase China’s water supplies by a mere 7%. Figure 2\u00a0South-North Water Diversion Project<\/p>\n \u00a0Own Thought: Water is one of the fundamental needs in human life but more important thing is the way we utilize them.<\/p>\n References:<\/p>\n Figure1\u00a0\u00a0China Warned of Water Crisis by 2030<\/span><\/a>, china.org.cn<\/span><\/a>, June 6, 2002<\/span><\/p>\n Figure2 \u00a0Beneath booming cities, China’s future is drying,New York Times, September 24, 2007\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tarinee Thongcharoen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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