| Four-fifths of Yellow River polluted | Nearly four-fifths of Yellow River are polluted. Experts indicated that the rapid increase of the sewage, the unqualified discharge of waste water and the misuse of fertilizer all worsened the situation of the water body. In addition, such factors as the degeneration of the water, the decrease of precipitation and dilution of the water body also led to the degradation of the water quality.
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American drummer feasts Beijing fans
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| Who is policing the train police?
From 2003 to early this year, 17 police officers were found to have turned a blind eye to law violations by a 16-member gang active at the station, and even offered them protection after receiving bribes, according to the Chengdu Railway Police Bureau.
| South China factories short of workers
Just as the boom originally moved from Hong Kong to southern Guangdong, now it is moving further inland and workers are wising up, leaving the province in a strange position for the world's most populous country -- it is more than 2 million laborers short.
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