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Source of Pearl River drying up in Yunnan?

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Zhujiang Evening Post, March 26, 2010

On the front page of the Zhuhai Evening News (珠海晚报) is a picture showing the source of the Zhujiang River, or Pearl River, which is apparently near to drying up.

The photo was taken on March 25 in Yunnan province, Zhanyi county (云南省沾益县), and released by Xinhua. The caption informs that the water level has lowered significantly; the trace of the current water imprint around half a meter higher than the water.

The Pearl River is the third long river aside from the Yellow River and the Yangtze. The drought that is blazing through southwestern China has been covered in newspapers all across China this week.

Other news on the front page include:

  • Zhuhai is asking its citizens to quickly prepare for the fight to become a "National-level civilized city" (全国文明城市).
  • The city mayor and secretary rides a bicycle on the first green lane in Zhuhai.
  • At the township of Baijiao (白蕉) in the Doumen (斗门) district of Zhuhai, civil servants can be fined up to 200 yuan for having a bad attitude whilst on duty.
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