Across China: Shanghai
China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-19 07:54
Cargo ships stranded
More than 8,000 cargo ships and boats were stranded on a river connecting Zhejiang province to Shanghai due to high water levels, Xinhua News Agency said yesterday.
The bottleneck on the waterway connecting Changxing, Huzhou in Zhejiang and Shanghai extended 40 km, its worst in a decade, Xinhua said.
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