Ships running aground on dry Yangtze
By Wang Qian and Guo Rui | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-20 07:59
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Two workers with the water authority in Shishou city, Central China's Hubei province, ensure the pumps are working smoothly on Wednesday. The city is pumping water from the Yangtze River to relieve shortages caused by severe drought. Li Ga / Xinhua |
BEIJING - Patrol ship captain Zhou Wei is exhausted as unprecedented droughts have stranded numerous vessels along the Yangtze River, the most important shipping route in China.
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