The Threat of Sea Level Rise in China

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More than 40 years ago, Deng Xiaoping began allowing coastal cities to double in free market policies and attract foreign investment. By the year 2,143 to 57 million Chinese people could be living below the high tide line according to projections. Another 60 million would be threatened by annual coastal floods. So sea level rise is a real problem that China's government must work with.

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