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What a cup of water may cost

By Guo Changdong and Guo Anfei (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2010-03-18 16:04

What a cup of water may cost
Dong Lirong, a five-and-a-half-year-old girl in Baxian Village, Zhaotong, Southwest China's Yunnan province, carries two five-kilo kettles of water. The girl walks nearly three kilometers to fetch water from a nearby mosque. Yunnan is suffering its worst drought in a hundred years. [chinadaily.com.cn]

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