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The biggest threat to China’s growth is water
Hu Siyi held a press conference last week and he had grim news. Although China’s economy was growing, he queried how sustainable growth was likely to be. His particular focus was water, where Hu said that usage had “already surpassed what our natural resources can bear”. For the Financial Times, it was a “stark warning”, all the more so because of Hu’s job: he’s China’s vice-minister of water resources.
This week WiC spoke to Debra Tan, a director with China Water Risk, a non-profit initiative dedicated to addressing the business and environmental challenges arising from China’s water crisis.
Here Tan explains why she thinks that probably the biggest problem facing the Chinese economy is a shortage of water.
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The interview was republished in Chinese by Caijing.com.cn. Click the image to read:
