Chinese news media reported this week that Yunnan province in the country’s southwest will possibly face its worst drought in a century this year, and three cities in the province are already rationing water supplies. In the following cartoon, posted by artist Cao Yi (曹一) to QQ.com, the member of a Chinese ethnic minority group from Yunnan stands holding out a dish full of cracked, dry earth.
南方周末【云南，渴啊！】 中国水资源最丰富省份之一，云南，2012年春天迎来了又一个干旱开年。过去三年旱情叠加，让气象部门预测，云南可能遭遇“超百年一遇的干旱”。
David Bandurski
CMP Director
