Which Way, L.A.?
China's Economy and California's Water Wars
After years of delay and months of closed-door negotiations, a massive state water plan is finally out in the open. Does that mean it can be voted on this week as legislative leaders predicted? We hear from Sacramento. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, China will soon pass Japan as the world's second largest economy, but it's not easy to cope with such rapid expansion. How long can the growth continue? Can the US and China afford to be adversaries?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThe Governor and legislative leaders have unveiled plans to resolve a water crisis that's been years in the making. We'll hear what it would mean for Southern California and the rest of the state. What are its prospects in Sacramento? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, China will soon pass Japan as the world's second largest economy, but it's not easy to cope with such rapid expansion. How long can the growth continue? Can the US and China afford to be adversaries or will global problems require an uneasy partnership?
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Two things most Americans associate with China are astonishing economic growth and mind-boggling pollution. But growth also means stock-market and real-estate bubbles, a shrinking private sector and a restive working class. Now China’s trying to go green at the same time it builds coal plants and imports oil.
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Cutbacks in urban water use, penalties for agricultural diversions, new dams and, possibly, a Peripheral Canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. These are some of the provisions of a massive water plan unveiled yesterday after months of negotiations behind closed doors.
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