Sucking out the poison
By Sun Xiaohua | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-17 07:50
Fishermen row a boat in the algae-filled Chaohu Lake in Hefei, Anhui province, in June. China has invested $7.4 billion towards 2,712 projects to treat eight rivers and lakes including Huaihe River, Dianchi Lake and the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River. Reuters |
Dining tables may be missing a few mitten crabs of late but behind the delicacy's shortage lies an epic battle involving man, chemicals and nature.
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