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Mao’s vision of“borrowing”South China’s water for the North BY DAVID DAWSONcomes to fruition六十多年前,毛泽东在视察黄河时提出的“南水北调”构想在今天已经实现When your capital city of over 20 million lies in a parched,semi-arid region,water problems are inevitable.Mao Zedong noted the problem back in the 1950s when he reportedly said,“Water in the south is abundant,water in the north scarce.If possible,it would be fine to borrow a little.”“Borrow a little”has to be among the biggest understatements of the century.The realization of this vision is now known as the South to North Water Diversion Project(SNWDP,南水北调)and is
Mao’s vision of “borrowing ” South China’s water for the North BY DAVID DAWSONcomes to fruition More than 60 years ago, Mao Zedong’s “South-North Water Diversion” proposal when he visited the Yellow River has been realized today. When your capital city of over 20 million lies in a parched, semi-arid region, water problems are inevitable. Macao Zedong noted the problem back in the 1950s when he reportedly said, “Water in the south is abundant, water in the north scarce. If possible, it would be fine to borrow a little. ”“ Borrow a little ”has to be among the biggest understatements of the century. The realization of this vision is now known as the South to North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP, South-North Water Diversion) and is