China Economic Quarterly

June 2009

Water: How To Manage The Dry-up


Much of China is chronically short of water. What impact will this have on China’s economic development and its ability to feed itself?

Also in this issue:

  • Tom Miller finds the Pearl River Delta battered by the global recession, but set to emerge fitter and stronger than ever before
  • Will Freeman writes that Henan also looks well-placed to recover from China’s export slump
  • Albert Keidel believes that China’s statistics understate the severity of recent shifts in economic conditions
  • Arthur Kroeber reviews Leslie Chang’s account of the lives of Chinese migrant workers

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