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Brutal droughts plague China

Updated: 2011-08-03 11:48

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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Brutal droughts plague China

Local residents work to dredge a culvert to store water there in Shiqian, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on August 2, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

 
 

Brutal droughts plague China

A villager surveys the dried floor of a reservoir in Shiqian, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on August 2, 2011.[Photo/Xinhua]

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