Issue 23

Page 120

Theme Column | james morrison

Farmer Xu Li Song, 62, laments that the water table is already too low on his land. ‘Trees around here are withering, they are halfdead,’ says the former Communist Party village leader. Together with his neighbours he plants watermelons, laying plastic film on the soil to retain moisture and save water

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