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外媒图辑：中国空气很糟？看看那里的水吧
2013-04-03 17:55
【记者李婉君编译报道】《商业内幕》（Business Insider）3月31日
刊登了有关中国水污染的报道，题为“如果你认为中国的空气很糟，
应该看看那里的水”。
报道中说, 今年早些时候不健康的雾霾笼罩北京，令国际媒体关注，这
并非中国经济快速增长带来的环境危害的唯一明显迹象，中国无数的
河流和湖泊已被附近的工厂污染。该报道刊出了23幅中国水污染的图片。
图1：2013年3月初，上海主要水源之一的黄埔江上漂浮着成千上万头死猪。（图片：路透社）
图2：一名男孩在山东青岛一个充满藻类的海边游泳。（图片：路透社）
图3：2011年12月，两家非法化工厂将工业废水排入雨水管道，导致河南洛阳剑河的河水变成红色。（图片：路透社）
图4：安徽省合肥的巢湖。（图片：路透社）
图5：2006年9月，一名孩童在贵州省一个受污染的水库游泳。（图片：路透社）
图6：2012年8月20日，湖北省武汉东湖里泛滥的蓝藻及漂浮的死鱼。（图片：路透社）
图7：浙江省嘉兴一条被污染的河流。（图片：路透社）
图8：受污染的水从稀土冶炼工厂喷出，进入新光村附近的尾矿坝。（图片：路透社）
图9：2010年7月，超过1600吨原油泄漏入海，图为渔民们在中国北部一个海港清理泄漏的原油。（图片：路透社）
图10：北京中部一条受污染的小水渠，一个人在垂钓。（图片：路透社）
图11：2009年6月16日，一位渔民从安徽合肥巢湖里捧出充满藻类的水。（图片：路透社）
图12：安徽合肥一条被污染的河流上见到的死鱼。（图片：路透社）
图13：北京，人们在一条被污染见底的水渠里找鱼。（图片：路透社）
图14：浙江温州郊区一条受污染的河流。（图片：路透社）
图15：2010年7月，一家铜矿的污水泄漏，造成一条河流和水库污染，鱼群死亡。（图片：路透社）
图16：2009年11月，三峡大坝附近的长江，垃圾船在清理漂浮在江上的垃圾。（图片：路透社）
图17：2009年4月21日，湖北武汉郊区一个池塘里的死鱼。（图片：路透社）
图18：2006年7月18日，安徽合肥一条被污染的河流，孩子们在垂钓。（图片：路透社）
图19：2005年11月，2005年11月，一石化厂发生爆炸后，受污染后的致命毒水流向哈尔滨。（图片：路透社）
图20：2009年11月，湖北武汉东湖，由于湖水污染，难闻的气味吸引了很多蚊蝇。（图片：路透社）
图21：2010年3月21日，一位居民在湖北襄樊一个被污染的池塘里洗衣服。（图片：路透社）
图22：2007年8月16日，北京，一名男子在被藻类萌生污染的水渠里游泳。（图片：路透社）
图23：2007年3月8日，安徽合肥，一位渔民在一条受污染河流里捕鱼归来。（图片：路透社）
如今的新闻，看一段想自杀；再看一段
想上天，再看又要自杀。
Joe
If You Think China's Air Is Bad,
You Should See The Water
Dina Spector | Mar. 31, 2013, 11:00 AM | 684,455 |
The unhealthy smog that settled over Beijing earlier this year, capturing international media attention, is not the only visible sign of China's rapid economic growth and the resulting environmental hazards.
Countless rivers and lakes have also been contaminated by nearby factories, and sometimes, dumping by local residents.
Time's Gu Yongqiang contends that China's failure to address environmental problems isn't a product of technical or financial constraints, but rather an overwhelming lack of motivation by authorities.
Mounting public outrage, largely aided by the power of social media, is starting to push officials to take action.
An infusion of cash is only the beginning of a massive and much-needed cleanup effort in a country where it's not uncommon to see rivers turned bright green by algae blooms or thick with garbage and dead fish.
Over 2,200 pigs were found dead in a Shanghai river, one of the city's main water sources, in early March.
A boy swims in the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao, Shandong province.
Two illegal chemical plants that were discharging their production waste water into the rain sewer pipes allegedly caused the Jianhe River in Luoyang, Henan province to turn red in December 2011.
Chaohu Lake in Hefei, Anhui province, is one of the eight rivers and lakes in China that the country plans to treat under a $7.4 billion construction plan.
A child swims in a polluted reservoir, southwest of China's Guizhou province, in September 2006.
A dead fish floats in water filled with blue-green algae at the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province August 20, 2012.
A manufacturer of screws and nuts is situated next to a polluted river in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.
Polluted water from a rare earth smelting plant spews into a tailings dam near Xinguang Village. China supplies 97 percent of rare earths used worldwide, which are used for magnets, bearings and high-tech components that go into computers, vehicles and, increasingly, clean energy technology such as wind turbines and hybrid cars.
Fishermen clean up oil near a major northern Chinese port after a pipeline blast leaked more than 1,600 tons of heavy crude into the sea in July 2010.
A fisherman sits on top of a drain at a polluted canal in central Beijing.
A fisherman scoops up algae-filled water from Chaohu Lake in Hefei, Anhui province, June 16, 2009.
Dead fish are seen floating on a polluted river in Hefei, Anhui province.
Fishermen walk through the muddy bottom of a polluted canal collecting fish in central Beijing.
A woman walks on a bridge over a polluted river at a suburban area of Wenzhou, in Zhejiang province.
A sewage leak from a copper mine polluted a river and reservoir in July 2010, poisoning more than 4 billion pounds of fish.
Workers clean up floating garbage on the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges reservoir in November 2009.
Dead fish, attributed to sewage, are seen at a pond on the outskirts of Wuhan, Hubei province on April 21, 2009.
Children fish in a polluted river covered with algae in Hefei, east China's Anhui province, July 18, 2006.
Potentially lethally polluted river water heads toward Harbin, one of China's largest cities at 9 million people, after an explosion at a petrochemical plant in November 2005.
Gnats cover railings along the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province in November 2009. The small flies appear in the lake because of water pollution and will leave when the temperature drops.
A resident washes clothes in a polluted pond in Xiangfan, Hubei province, March 21, 2010.
A man swims in a canal polluted with algae blooms caused by heat, in the center of Beijing on August 16, 2007.
A fisherman jumps from his boat to the bank after fishing in the morning at a polluted river in Hefei, in east China's Anhui province, March 8, 2007.
“何谓惡道？” “对手不乖，便从他身上碾过。”
“何谓霸道？” “乖的，也碾过。”
“……何谓假民主之邪道？”
“碾之前先跟他说一声......”
Why did 28,000 rivers in
China suddenly disappear?
Startling government survey sheds new light on Chinese water crisis
By Amar Toor on April 3, 2013 09:09 am
For years, China claimed to hold an estimated 50,000 rivers within its borders. Now, more than half of them have abruptly vanished.
Last week, China's Ministry of Water Resources announced the results of a three-year survey of the country’s waterways, revealing startling declines in water supply. According to the census, there were 22,909 rivers in China as of 2011, each covering an area of at least 100 square kilometers. That marks a decrease of about 28,000 from the government's previous estimates, raising fears among environmentalists and putting Beijing on the defensive.
China's longest rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow, have each seen declining water levelsin recent years, but the government's survey — its most comprehensive to date — may shed new light on the breadth and gravity of the country's crisis.
According to the South China Morning Post, officials attributed the decline to global warming and outdated mapping techniques, saying previous estimates were based on incomplete topographical maps from the 1950s. Experts, meanwhile, say there are more direct factors at play — namely, explosive economic development and poor environmental stewardship.
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