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December 9, 2007
Increasingly Flood-Prone China
China's development has put an increasing share of its people and economy in flood-prone regions, accounting to the country's Minister of Water Resources:
--By 2020, 41% of China's population will be living in flood-prone areas.
--By the same time, cities in downstream areas potentially subject to rising waters will have an aggregate population of 600 million people, and two-thirds of the country's GDP will originate in these regions.
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