 Watching ChinaChina Errects Border Fence With N Korea China Dons Even Bigger Export Hat (Link Los Angeles Times) By Evelyn Iritani, Don Lee and Marla Dickerson Times Staff Writers An explosion in Chinese apparel and textile exports is fueling a backlash in the United States and Europe, while triggering labor shortages in China and job losses elsewhere. US SPY PLANE CRASHING CHINESE JET Business To Business Internet Portal Global warming aggravating water shortageCopyright 1999 Xinhua News Agency January 11, 1999 Global warming will further aggravate the water shortage problem in North China as evaporation of river water will far exceed rainfall, reported a recent issue of the China Water Resources News. The newspaper quoted scientist Ye Duzheng as saying that compared with the current level, the temperature will be increasing by 1.0-1.5 in winter by the year 2030, with rainfall remaining unchanged, while the summer temperature will witness a rise of 0.5-0.8 degrees celsius, with rainfall edging up by 1-2 percent. However, the rainfall that results from global warming will not be enough to make up the loss in river water, said the newspaper. As a result, the flow in the haihe and luanhe rivers will drop by three to six percent from the present level. higher temperatures and severe water shortages will bring about a rise in winter wheat production, but a drop in spring wheat and corn. meanwhile, the changed climate is also threatening to expand the dry and arid area further north, forming a large sandy desert. ABCNEWS.com |
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