Illegal golf courses take water from farmland
By Ma Lie | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-16 08:07
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Two workers at a golf course in Yulin, Shaanxi province, on Aug 9. The greens and fairways are in stark contrast to the parched desert that surrounding the course. Shi Zhiyong / Xinhua |
XI'AN - Two illegal golf courses in the desert near Yulin, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, are putting a severe strain on the water supplies that the local farmers and farmland rely on.
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