Relatives Helping to Collect Snails in Dongping (东平), China
We came across a couple ladies collecting snails in order to sell them elsewhere for a profit. Some of my relatives decided to help them (which I thought was hilarious)--I think they were actually curious to see whether they were capable of become snail hunters like these ladies. Filmed in the small fishing town of Dongping, located in the city of Yangdong (阳东) of Yangjiang (阳江) county.
Great Lakes Seminar, Yushun Chen, Ecological responses to water diversion of the eastern route...
Abstract: The South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP) of China is the largest water diversion project in the world, diverting water from the Yangtze River to alleviate the pressure of water scarcity in northern China. The eastern route of the SNWDP pumps water from the Lower Yangtze River near Yangzhou, Jiangsu, passes the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and a series of storage lakes, and finally provides water for provinces of Shangdong and Tianjin. We monitored water quality, plankton, macroinvertebrates, aquatic plants, and fishes in two storage lakes, Gaoyou and Dongping, since April 2016 and wanted to detect the effects of the water diversion on lake ecosystems.
The current study showed: (1) water depth increased and varied in the studied lakes; (2) the monitored water quality parameters such as nutrients (nitrate, total ammonia nitrogen, phosphate), total suspended solids (TSS), and conductivity showed seasonal variations in both lakes; (3) heavy metals such as Pb, Zn and Mn showed significantly higher concentrations in summer in both lakes; (4) the abundance of resident fishes (e.g., Culter oxycephaloides (Kreyenberg et Pappenheim), Chanodichtys oxycephalus (Bleeker), Abbottina rivularis) was reduced while lake-river migration fishes (e.g., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Ctenopharyngodon idellus) were increased in both lakes; and (5) the estuary fish Taenioides cirratus was also observed in Gaoyou Lake. The operation of the eastern route SNWDP could change the structure and function of the associated lakes significantly and needs more attention in the future.
Bio: Dr. Yushun Chen is currently a professor and group leader for the Aquatic Ecosystems Health Research Group at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. With funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and others, Dr. Chen and his lab are conducting research on fish and aquatic communities, water quality, and aquatic ecosystem health in the Yangtze River Basin, basins along the Eastern Route of China’s South to North Water Diversion Project, and the Mississippi-Yangtze Large River Basins through international collaborations. Since 2013, Dr. Chen and colleagues have been promoting large river/lake basin collaborations between the USA and China, and beyond. Before his current position, Dr. Chen earned his Ph.D. from West Virginia University, then worked as a Post-Doc at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center, and as a faculty member at the Aquaculture and Fisheries Center, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Signs of Disaster Show at The Completion of River Projects
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The countdown for the start of China's South to North
water diversion project is underway.
The project will take 50 years to complete, and it together with
it's twin, the Three Gorges Dam, will cost an estimated
500 billion yuan ($82 billion).
Since the beginning of this project, experts have worried and
warned against the possible disasters it could bring.
Signs have started to show, and the disasters are believed to
continue to worsen and finally become unsolvable.
Water conservancy expert Wang Weiluo says,
This water diversion project is more detrimental than
the Three Gorges Dam.
The South to North water diversion project, by definition,
transfers water from the Yangtze River to China's north
via eastern, western, and central routes.
The idea came a remark made by Mao Zedong in 1952,
Southern water is plentiful, northern water scarce.
If at all possible, borrowing some water would be good.
Ever since, intense debates have accompanied the project.
Opponents argue that these massive dam projects are
wreaking havoc on river systems across China,
from water pollution, to transmission of parasitic diseases,
soil salinization, river ecosystem imbalance, devastating and
even extinction of species.
Many of these adverse effects have gradually emerged
since the beginning of the project.
Weng Lida, former Yangtze River Water Resources Protection
Bureau director: Water diversion will certainly affect both
the Yangtze River and the diversion areas.
The diversion will evaporate the Yangtze River and
cause water reduction.
The central route will also impact the downstream
Han River (a tributary of the Yangtze River).
Fan Xiao, engineer at the Regional Geological and Mineral
Bureau of Sichuan Province: Water pollution is the main
issue for the eastern route which goes through the Huai basin,
the most seriously polluted reservoir in China.
This water cannot be used at all.
Official documents show that both eastern and central routes
pass many cancer prone areas.
Many more cancer villages also emerged
along with the constructions of the dams.
On June 2 this year, a test of the water diversion project
was conducted at Bali station of Dongping county, Shandong.
As the polluted water was poured into the Dongping Lake,
lake fish completely died out and
local fishermen dropped to their knees crying.
Such toxic water will be going to Beijing and Tianjin.
Hong Kong-based Apple Daily reports that the project
could turn into the world's biggest 'cancer project'.
Experts warn that earthquakes and other natural disasters
induced by these massive dams can also seriously endanger
human life in the areas near the rivers.
Scientists Liu Sumei, Xu Lihua and Pradeep Talwani said in
a Geophysical Journal International article that raising
the Danjiangkou Reservoir's water level, located in the centre
of the route, could trigger earthquakes above magnitude 4.
Fan Xiao: Although these dams have not formally started
operation, the relocation problem has become a major issue.
It is destroying the standard of living for people in the area.
These dams are also built around the high risk seismic zones,
posing huge dangers to construction
and the security of these dams.
The dams have forced an estimated 340,000 people to migrate
and submerged hundreds of thousands of acres of farmlands.
Those landless peasants, receiving poor compensation,
have since lived in poverty.
A migrant from Xichuan County, Henan grieved online,
saying that they've lost their land and homes due to relocation.
Given about 60 yuan ($10) in annual compensation per person,
they have since lived in shabby temporary housing
without food and water.
The cost to divert water from southern China to Beijing
is estimated at 10 yuan ($1.64) per ton, and desalination costs
are currently about 4 yuan ($0.66) per ton.
So why does the Communist regime insist on the project
despite many oppositions?
Fan Xiao: It is driven by politics and interests,
of course, the interests of those who are in power.
For instance, those who are in charge of the project and
the companies under the Ministry of Water Resources
will profit.
Once it's approved, the state investment and loans will follow.
As for the long-term effects of the water diversion project,
Fan Xiao says that the Communist regime doesn't care at all.
Many experts have indicated that the crisis of water resources
in China can be reduced through conserving water,
treating pollution, and recycling water.
This south to north water diversion project is criticized
as a mistake at the expense of all.
It is not only ineffective but also detrimental to the water
reservoir of the whole country.
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The Jiao-Tang Clan goes to Chongming Island
So me and my friends took a nice little trip to Chongming Island. Enjoy the aftermovie!
For this video I used the song Dreaming by Smallpools, all rights for the song go to them. (This is a total disclaimer, I just wanted to use the song to add the 'Youth'-vibes to my video)
【喜剧电影】 Eng Sub《大话食神 THE TALES OF A COOKER》 ——爱戴赵克跨界玩转阴谋诡计 |Full Movie
剧情介绍：杏花村和“第一鲜”是小镇闻名的酒楼，因“第一鲜”掌柜苏东皮在美食大赛中连败杏花村而计划陷害对方，终极苏东皮觉醒，和杏花村一起揭破好坏双煞的恶行并共同的将一百零八水浒宴席传承下去。
Chongming Climbing
A climbing wall in Dongping national park in Chongming island, just off Shanghai. The wall slopes gently out as you go out so with my weak arms, you see me doing all the crazy flagging! That overhang to get around was just too hard though - nowhere to put my legs to get higher
City Park Wetlands: couturie forest bulldozing
CPIA and Bayou District Foundation's Deal led to the grubbing of a wetlands restoration area in 2015. Couturie Forest, a wetland forest that had been replanted with state funds was bulldozed for Hole 5. City Park would not consider a smaller course to conserve floodplains and wildlife.
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I will
Pledge
The world
Chess piece
Ormosia
Wish never apart
Teresa Teng
Don't pick the roadside flowers
See the chimney smoke again
I only care about you
The story of a small town
Telosma cordata
The moon represents my heart
Comrades: almost a love story
S.H.E
Where is your love
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Persian Cat
Super star
Chinese
Stay young
Sandy Lam
Scar
I understand
Clang Rose
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At least I still have you
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Han Hong
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Tsai Chin
Shang Hai night
Just like your tenderness
Go-abroad song
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Reading you
Mao A Min
Mother in the illuminance of candle
The green leaves and the root
The same song
Longing for
Missing
Na Ying
Miss rather than meet
If the mountain doesn't spin the water will
A smile and walk away
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Conquer
Meng Ting Wei
Telepathy
Wild lily also has its spring
The bygones
Look at the face of the moon
A Valentine's Day without a valentine
A-Mei
Bad Boy
Once I think of you
Nothing you want
Listen to the sea
Sarah Chen
Is it right to love you
Red dust
Say you love me
Dream to awakening
Dadawa
Story of red-crowned cranes
Ballad Of Lhasa
Sister drum
Song Zu Ying
Jasmine
Spice girls
Good days
Annie Yi
Can't be closed
Firefly
The last day of 19-year-old
Fish Leong
Swallowtail butterfly
Courage
Tranquil summer
Elva Hsiao
Wonderful bachelordom
Cappuccino
Jolin Tsai
See my 72 changes
Prague Square
Chen Ming
The happy hometown
Loneliness makes me beautiful
Phoenix Legend
On the moon
Fly freely
F.I.R.
Crescent moon bay
Our love
Valen Hsu
If the cloud knows
Stars are the diamonds of the poor
Qi Yu
High heels of September
Olive tree
Feng Fei Fei
More than I can say
Applause
Tong Sheng
Let us sway twin oars
Where is the spring
Mavis Hee
Moonlight of the downtown
Sunshine after the rain
Ding Wei
Butterfly with the broken wings
Girl with the quartet
Yang Yu Ying
I don't wanna say
Let me tell you gently
Li Na
God bless good man
Rambles in the sky
Tian Zhen
Wild flowers
Girls of Ali Mountain
Peng Li Yuan
On the field of hope
Hero paean
Guo Lan Ying
Waves after waves in Hong Hu Lake
Nan Ni bay
Li Gu Yi
Unforgettable night
Stall tea
Yin Xiu Mei
The Chang Jiang river
Little grass
Matilda Tao
Too grievous
Sisters, please stand up
Christine Fan
The original dream
True or false
Man Fong
Everything new
Guess what's in your mind
Karen Joy Morris
Overcast
Love song on the radio
Shun Za
Nights alone cryin'
Going home
René Liu
Lonely all my life
Later
Sun Yue
The companion
Wish you safe and sound
Stefanie Sun
Cloudy day
Green light
Mavis Fan
Health song
Snow man
Julie Su
My dear child
Hold your hand
Jenny Tseng
Wayside flowers
Four Girls
The wish
Li Qiong
Mountain road 18 bends
Stella Chang
Getting married (with a never-meet man)
Tarcy Su
Everyday in my life
E-Jun Lee
My thankful heart
Wang Zheng
We were all good children
Pan Mei Chen
I want a home
Angela Chang
Invisible wings
Huang Ya Li
Besides the butterfly spring
Zhu Xiao Lin
Mother's kiss
Tracy Huang
Sweet words
Zhu Ming Ying
Return to parents' home
Zhao Yong Hua
The most romantic thing
Winnie Hsin
Understanding
Cyndi Wang
Curled eyelash
Gigi Leung
Short hair