Here's at least one part of China that could use some additional liquidity... In south-western China, drought is threatening to reduce crop yield and thus cause food price inflation. Coupled with ...

A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

A federal judge on Thursday said he stood ready to enforce an order he issued blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal grants, loans and other financial ...

“If the Chinese are stating that they were not contributing to the drought, the data does not support that position,” said Alan Basist, a meteorologist and president of Eyes on Earth, which conducted ...

A study published in the journal Nature highlights a close historical link between periods of drought and political instability in China, demonstrating that climate change played an essential role in ...

A Chinese vice premier, Liu Guozhong, called for drought prevention efforts Saturday on an inspection tour of Hebei province, which borders Beijing. He said that water resources should be ...

At the time, the province of Gansu in northwest China was prone to natural disasters, especially drought. In 1774, on the ...

When the climate became arid after 14 CE, famine and instances of cannibalism increased. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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