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« on: March 10, 2008, 03:00:09 AM »
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<p>It has not rained in Tang County since August and Liu Haishui is not expecting much from his peach crop this year. </p>
   

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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2008, 09:51:48 AM »
  If the trees only yield 500 peaches in a good year, it's not a very big bit of land, is it?
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2008, 09:57:55 AM »
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The government has ordered farmers to stop growing crops and paid them to comply.

Have they been studying the EU Agricultural Model (C.A.P.)?

"It's OK, we can import all our food from elsewhere......"

I actually expect a water-shortage for the London Olympics....
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