Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Doubts as giant
China project's water reaches capital
There is already
the longest canal in the world to Beijing. The 1,776km long Grand Canal, a
UNESCO World Heritage Site which links the Yellow River and Yangtze River. Its
construction began in 5th century BC and completed in 7th
century AD.
12 and a half
centuries later in 1952, Mao Zedong, the country’s founding father said, “There's
plenty of water in the south, not much water in the north. If at all possible;
borrowing some water would be good.” Then this ambitious water canal construction
began and completed in 2014 and started supplying massive water from the
Yangtze River in south to thirsty industrialized northern China through three
canal systems, The Eastern, Central and Western routes.
Though it is one
of the most expensive engineering projects in the world, the effect and return
of this investment is doubtful because of declining rainfall in the south,
increasing water demand in the north and pollution of the water being carried.
Enjoy reading and
learning about this historic and symbolic human project in great China on New
Year’s Day.
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