Shipping in crisis as water levels plunge
China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-07 07:45
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Scores of cargo ships are grounded in Dongtiaoxi River in Huzhou city, East China's Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. Low water levels due to the drought caused the transport logjam. Zhou Yushun / Xinhua |
WUHAN - Authorities are rushing to clear snarled shipping traffic and prevent accidents along the drought-stricken Yangtze River, a key route to fast-growing markets in inland China.
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