Cars choking China

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Chinese Mayors Encourage Car Owners to Use Public Transit Instead: Scientific American: "... the proliferation of private cars on the road is turning cities into gridlocked nightmares. Already, Beijing's emergency medical centers have begun sending paramedics by motorcycles, instead of ambulances, to maneuver through stalled traffic."

China Drought Prompts U.N. to Issue Warning - NYTimes.com

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A farmer looked at her withered wheat plants in a dry field last month in China’s Shandong province.

China Drought Prompts U.N. to Issue Warning - NYTimes.com: "HONG KONG — The United Nations’ food agency issued an alert on Tuesday warning that a severe drought was threatening the wheat crop in China, the world’s largest wheat producer, and resulting in shortages of drinking water for people and livestock."