Villager fishes in drying pools at China’s biggest freshwater lake
SCMP, 27 Aug 2022
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Ye Fa travels to Poyang Lake every morning and afternoon to look for fish left in the mud ponds and land cracks. “The water used to flood over the embankment. But now there is no more [water],” Ye said.
Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, takes in floodwater from the Yangtze River during the normally wet summer. But it has suffered a rare drought as a nationwide heatwave stretches beyond 70 days. The early dry season has reduced hydropower production, contributing to China’s power crisis. Power rationing has forced factories to suspend production in provinces that Premier Li Keqiang hoped would lift the country out of its economic downturn.
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Ye Fa travels to Poyang Lake every morning and afternoon to look for fish left in the mud ponds and land cracks. “The water used to flood over the embankment. But now there is no more [water],” Ye said.
Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, takes in floodwater from the Yangtze River during the normally wet summer. But it has suffered a rare drought as a nationwide heatwave stretches beyond 70 days. The early dry season has reduced hydropower production, contributing to China’s power crisis. Power rationing has forced factories to suspend production in provinces that Premier Li Keqiang hoped would lift the country out of its economic downturn.
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