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National Geographic: While the residents of Majestic Mansion, a new high-end real estate development on the outskirts of Beijing, splash in their glittering blue swimming pool, residents of lakeside Danjiangkou City, just 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) away in neighboring Hubei Province, are packing up their belongings. They are leaving because the Chinese government will soon flood their village to expand the local reservoir. It turns out these two communities are tied to each other by lopsided demands for water, ......
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China Takes Another Stab at Resettlement With $62 Billion Water Plan
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 29th, 2010
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