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Chinese ski resorts blamed for water shortage
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The burgeoning Chinese ski industry near Beijing is extracting substantial volumes of groundwater to make snow, contributing to a 0.5m annual fall in the city's water table. The new ski resorts are often built without approval or feasibility studies and a number of them are in debt.

Wang Fude, a tourist development specialist at Beijing International Studies University, is demanding a more sustainable strategy:
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"Excessive exploitation of groundwater will have a devastating aftermath, affecting our offspring," warned Wang, suggesting that Beijing's ski resorts be shut down gradually. "Beijingers can have no ski runs, but cannot have no drinking water."

This report from China View.
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