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Don't drink the water

More than 2,600 people have fallen ill in Inner Mongolia after their tap water supply was contaminated during heavy rainfall. It remains striking that the word's second biggest economy cannot guarantee safe drinking water for its population... ...full story at Engaging China

from Engaging China on Wed, Jul 29 2009

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