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The Rise of Big Water
The water crisis is now. As major cities battle drought and pollution, they are turning to a handful of Western companies to manage the problem. But as "Big Water" takes hold of the ultimate market-China-will those who can't pay have the spigot turned off?
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May. 2007
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Green Disaster
"When my remote friends ask me on the Internet, 'is this the same lake that you Wuxi people have been proud of' I just don't know what to say," said a Chinese college student with the English name Jimmy, from Wuxi, a scenic city renowned for the beautiful Taihu Lake.
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21. Jun. 2007
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Beijing gets flak for pollution of waterways
Beijing should take the blame for the embarrassing failure of its much-touted campaign to tackle widespread water pollution problems, mainland officials and experts say.
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17. Sep. 2007
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Pollution in Yunnan lakes now worse
The pollution in lakes in southwest China's Yunnan Province, some of which have already seen several blue algae outbreaks, is actually getting worse, researchers and lake protection experts say.
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17. Sep. 2007
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[News] China river pollution kills 40,000 kg of fish
Reports from the mainland say waste water dumped by factories into a river in southwest China has poisoned and killed about 40,000 kilograms of fish.
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15.Aug 2007
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Hong Kong : A Role Model of Public-Operated Water Supply Services
Government Waterworks Professionals Association
During 1854 to 1859, Hong Kong Government had proactively urged the private sectors to invest in various public services. Apart from water services business that has always been unattractive to the private sectors, other public services such as the gas supply, telecommunication, electricity, cross-harbour ferry etc had attracted the British enterprises and local private investors.....
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Aug.2006
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The privatization of water supply in China
Au Loong Yu & Wei Yan-Zhu
Access to clean water is basic human right. Yet from a basic public good, it has been increasingly appropriated by TNCs as a commodity and traded as such. In China, the privatization of water supply has been proceeding for the last 15 years and one of the consequences is the rise of gigantic Chinese water companies. This is all against the background of ‘the rise of China’.
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Aug. 2006
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PREFACE TO THE CHINESE EDITION OF RECLAIMING PUBLIC WATER
Susan George
When I first read Reclaiming Public Water in English shortly after its publication in 2005, I liked it especially for its many grass-roots contributions.
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Aug. 2006
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