Rice-growing requires large supplies of water and eight years of drought have left the Chinese capital desperately short of supplies, they said. Beijing also has a water quality problem but Bi promised that drinkable tap water would be piped into the apartments of athletes and officials taking part in the 2008 Olympic Games from August 8-24. In many areas of drought-stricken northern China, rice growing has been banned for years. State media said recently that there was only enough water...

This city can best capitalize on the economic and other opportunities flowing from the ongoing biomedical revolution by establishing itself as the world's leading center of personalized medicine, wherein the fruits of progress in molecular-level life sciences are combined with similar revolutions in information science and nanoscale science. This city can best capitalize on the economic and other opportunities flowing from the ongoing biomedical revolution by establishing itself as the...

With millions of farms, crops are difficult to regulate Mcclatchy-tribune Originally published April 29, 2007 ZHENGZHOU, China // A few days ago, an alarmed teacher at a day care center in this city south of Beijing called emergency services when some of her charges began to vomit. With millions of farms, crops are difficult to regulate Mcclatchy-tribune Originally published April 29, 2007 ZHENGZHOU, China // A few days ago, an alarmed teacher at a day care center in this city south of...

hatcheries also ruled safe after testing negative for melamine Eight more pet foods added to recall list, including first ferret food Adjust font size: (CNN) -- Approximately 80,000 chickens exposed to feed tainted with the industrial chemical melamine have been declared safe for human consumption, federal health officials said Friday. hatcheries also ruled safe after testing negative for melamine Eight more pet foods added to recall list, including first ferret food Adjust font size:...

XINGLONG, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Du Yansheng, a farmer on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, hasn't gone without his morning cup of coffee in five decades, not even during the Cultural Revolution -- when such "mock-Western" practices could have landed him in prison. XINGLONG, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Du Yansheng, a farmer on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, hasn't gone without his morning cup of coffee in five decades, not even during the Cultural Revolution -- when such...

Millions Face Hunger From Climate Change . LiveScience Welcome to the NEW LiveScience! Water shortages will also become more common in India as the Himalayan glaciers decline, while nearly 100 million people annually will face the risk of floods from seas that are expected to rise in Asia between 0.04 inches to 0.12 inches annually, slightly higher than the global average. The latest document, the second of four reports including the summary, tries to explain how global warming is changing...