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| Templar Knight
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| Templar Knight
(OP) User ID: 79304616 United States08/27/2022 04:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "80 percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) used to make drugs in the United States are said to come from China and other countries like India." [link to www.cfr.org (secure)] On another note: A significant portion of China’s water supply is not fit for human consumption. A 2018 analysis of surface water by China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment found that although the quality had improved from previous years, 19 percent was still classified as unfit for human consumption and roughly seven percent was unfit for any use at all. The quality of groundwater—which is critical for ensuring water supplies during drought—was worse, with approximately 30 percent being deemed unfit for human consumption and 16 percent deemed unfit for any use. Last Edited by Templar Knight on 08/27/2022 05:16 AM The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. |
| Daniel of the Rose
User ID: 79067217 United States08/27/2022 05:48 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | China is on the brink of a water catastrophe. A multiyear drought could push the country into an outright water crisis. Such an outcome would not only have a significant effect on China’s grain and electricity production; it could also induce global food and industrial materials shortages on a far greater scale than those wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Quoting: Templar Knight [link to www.foreignaffairs.com (secure)] Given the country’s overriding importance to the global economy, potential water-driven disruptions beginning in China would rapidly reverberate through food, energy, and materials markets around the world and create economic and political turbulence for years to come. dams broke...not the usual flow....redirected...    |
