10 Nov 2021
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Here’s some tough math: China is home to some 20% of the world's population, but has just 7% of its freshwater.
That's why, on Tuesday, Beijing published two major policy documents aimed at protecting the stuff of life.
First up – the 14th Five-Year Plan for Water Conservation lays out regula...
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