Shrinking of Yangtze, frustrated farmers: How China is battling a historic drought

#china #chinadraught
On Monday, reports emerged that China's Yangtze River, the largest river in Asia, has shrunk due to a historic heatwave and drought. In ThePrint #World360, Pia Krishnankutty explains how persistent high temperatures over the last month has affected rice farmers and drinking water supplies in six Chinese provinces.

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[athuryoung]

Reporting heat and drought in China but not in US and Europe!

[vinm]

Good report, but let's not take our eye off the ball - Ukraine.

[AkashSharma-djmx]

Hello, I like your show. Can you please add a row of world360 in The Print's YouTube mainpage? This would allow users to access older videos with convenience

[carlowingfield]

Let's hope Xi Jinping follows the example of the Yangtze River and dries up .

[shanmugampn]

Instead of incentivising our farmers Our government proposing to cut free power calling it a freebie

[naveenreddy]

There are six river's in taiwan .

[madhumitaroy]

Rivers waters and environment maintain is must Polly house is for fastest rain forest also

[lecturesfromleeds]

I thought that was Mia Khalifa at first

[japjoem]

Look up earth's pole shift, someone mentions that the earth's water tables are shifting as well.

[helcurt]

China has less than 10% arable land but able to feed its own people and export (20% of world population).

India has 50% land arable (2nd after USA). Hope china can buy our agricultural produce so that trade deficit can be reduced.

[davecarrick]

You guys have got such a dry (scuse the pun) way of presenting anything interesting.