34 Hospitalized After Drinking Poisoned River Water In SE China - AFP

Thirty-four people in China's southern Guangdong province were taken to hospital suffering stomach pains and vomiting after drinking poisoned water from a local river, state media reported Sunday.
Investigations showed mineral processing factories upstream had contaminated the river in Yingde city, the Xinhua news agency reported without giving further details.

China's waterways are regarded as among the most polluted in the world, with severe shortages also a major concern.

"(China is) facing a water crisis more severe and urgent than any other country in the world," Vice Minister of Construction Qiu Baoxing told a conference in Beijing last month. "We've got to solve the problem before it is too late."

EDIT

http://www.terradaily.com/news/pollution-05zu.html

i think china is in for a rude awakening on a number fronts.
the environment is gonna be huge.

It is a graphic representation of the case of moving far beyond the carrying capacity of an environment.

There is no ideal solution for the Chinese. There is no ideal solution for the human race.