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So many wells have been dug in Changzhou that its groundwater has been over-exploited, and the local ground level has sunk by two feet. The city has officially banned new wells and mandated the installation of pollution controls, but China's endemic corruption ensures that neither measure has much meaning.

Charles C. Mann

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In Changzhou wurden so viele Brunnen gegraben, dass das Grundwasser zu stark ausgebeutet wurde und das örtliche Bodenniveau um zwei Meter gesunken ist. Die Stadt hat neue Brunnen offiziell verboten und die Einrichtung von Verschmutzungskontrollen angeordnet, aber Chinas endemische Korruption stellt sicher, dass keine der beiden Maßnahmen eine große Bedeutung hat.

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