Drought forces fishermen to leave
A farmer squats in the dried-up bed of a pond in Huangpo district of Wuhan, Hubei province, on Wednesday. Zheng Feng / for China Daily |
JINGZHOU, Hubei - While Xu Baoguo strenuously paddled towards shore, he had no idea when he could return to his houseboat on the Honghu Lake, which has almost completely dried up due to the persistent drought.
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