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China Builds New "Great Wall"Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- China is building a new Great Wall -- a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high -- to guard against hordes of pillaging mice.
Rats on menus or a bagful of lies from the media"Members of the campaign's joint force have launched surprise inspection raids on markets and restaurants in the past couple of days.
Chinese floods displace billions of rats, mice; Raise fears of diseaseNearly 500,000 people have been evacuated from flood zones along the Huai River in central China, where Reuters says displaced residents and relief workers are fighting an influx of 2 billion rats displaced by the rising waters and a shortage of natural predators.
Chinese Rice Farmers Battle A Plague of Munching MiceBINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight.
Central China on disease alert after rats invadeCHANGSHA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are on the alert for possible disease outbreaks after an estimated 2 billion rats chomped their way through crops in 22 counties around Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province.
Last-ditch bid to repel ravenous rodentsAn estimated two billion field mice are chomping their way hungrily through crops in 22 counties around the Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province. Floods have forced the mice from their homes on islands in the lake.
Prolonged drought affects 100,000 people in ChinaCHANGSHA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- More than 100,000 people and 81,000 head of livestock in Hunan Province are suffering from drinking water shortages due to prolonged drought, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said on Friday.
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