NYT: China Pollution II

New York Times' 2nd part of the series can be found here.

"China has about 7 percent of the world’s water resources and roughly 20 percent of its population. It also has a severe regional water imbalance, with about four-fifths of the water supply in the south...
'In Israel, people regard water as more important than life itself,' he said. 'In Shijiazhuang, it’s not that way. People are focused on the economy.' "

Most industrial areas are north-ish, most of the water is south-ish, people upriver are hogging/polluting the water so there's none left for those downriver, hell in a hand basket, etc etc.

Back to school, back to school

In my very 1st class of the semester, 1 of my students asked me, in front of everyone, what a crack whore was.

Another student asked if I ever get lonely in China. I said yeah, a little, but I have lots of friends here, and I talk to my friends at home, so it's not too bad. Then he says, "The next time you feel lonely, can I buy you a drank?"