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Photo Map: Bitter Waters
See the toll taken by explosive growth along the Yellow River's banks.
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But today, what the Chinese call the Mother River is dying. Stained with pollution, tainted with sewage, crowded with ill-conceived dams, it dwindles at its mouth to a lifeless trickle. The Yellow's plight also illuminates the dark side of China's economic miracle, an environmental crisis that has led to a shortage of the one resource no nation can live without: water.]]>
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Managing Editor:
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Art Director:
Shawn Greene
Flash Developer:
Stefan Estrada
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