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SUMMARY:The looming water crisis in China's north: the greatest threat to 
 its economic growth and political stability? - Charles Parton Royal United
  Services Institute
DTSTART:20191114T120000Z
DTEND:20191114T140000Z
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CONTACT:Isabella Warren
DESCRIPTION:Many commentators assume that China will overtake the USA to b
 ecome the biggest global economy. A minority worry that debt and demograph
 ics threaten that rise. Few take sufficient notice of a bigger danger\, th
 e costs of environmental destruction and in particular of looming water sc
 arcity\, which if not tackled in short order\, is likely to derail the eco
 nomy and severely test the ability of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to
  maintain stability\, and possibly its power. Aware of the challenge\, the
  CCP has promulgated a water conservation plan for the Beijing\, Tianjin a
 nd Hebei region\, as an 'experimental zone'. The risk is that this is too 
 little\, too late: time and water are running out.
LOCATION: Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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