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Can China Support Its New Urban Majority?
According to a new report, the country could face major food and water shortages thanks to climate change
By the end of 2011, the population in China was about 1.35 billion. Roughly 51.27 percent of that, 690 million people, are considered urban, according to a recent announcement from China’s National Bureau of Statistics. It’s an interesting landmark, but also slightly troubling in light of another official report that warns of "grim" threats from climate change.
These risks are largely tied to changes in land use and consumption, according to this article from Reuters.