"The changes have led to a combination of both frequent drought and flooding," China Daily quoted Chen as saying.
Data showed that rainfall in arid north China has been decreasing, the report said.
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China water shortages blamed on warming
Global warming is largely to blame for China's water shortage of nearly 40 billion cubic metres, the country's water resources minister, Chen Lei, was quoted as saying on Monday.
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