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An old man walking on drought land covered in a network of
cracks and small crevices, in Long Quan Yi Qu, southwestern Chengdu
City on Friday, March 16, 2007. Statistics show that the water
reserve of Chengdu this year is 24.9 percent lower compared to the
figure for the same period last year, making it the lowest this
decade. From this February 28, Chengdu had started up a project to
battle the drought weather. [Photo: China Foto Press]
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(CRIENGLISH.com March 17, 2007)
