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Village Students in Drought-hit Yunnan Province Drink Dirty Water
Primary school students drink contaminated water after lunch in a village in Nanhua county in the drought-hit Yunnan province.

• No Migration of People in Drought-hit Areas: Official
China has denied reports that water shortages have driven local residents in drought-hit areas to migrate.

• Cloud Seeding, Well Drilling Adopted to Curb Expanding Drought
South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, hit by the worst drought in a century, would rely on well drilling and cloud seeding to ease the situation, regional authorities said Monday.

• New Planting Methods Maintain Farm Output in Drought-hit China Province
Despite the worst drought in decades, a remote county in southwest China, on the Myanmar border, looks poised to maintain crop output this autumn thanks to the widespread use of water-saving techniques and more productive farming methods.

• Drought Situation in SW China Grave for April: Official
The drought plaguing southwestern China would continue and the situation was looking quite grave for this month as less rain and higher temperatures were forecast for the region, a senior Chinese official said.

• China Denies Upstream Dams Lead to Mekong Drawdown
A Chinese official, on his speech at the Mekong River Commission (MRC) International Conference in Hua Hin on Friday, analyzed that there is no connection between the water level declining of Mekong River and the upstream hydropower stations in China.

• One Mln Students Suffer Water, Vegetable Supply Shortages in SW China
More than 1 million students in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are eating and bathing less as a prolonged drought parches southwest China.

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