{"id":25778,"date":"2007-02-16T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:35","slug":"778-china-warns-of-climate-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/778-china-warns-of-climate-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"China warns of climate &#8216;challenges&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span>A report by the State Oceanic Administration has warned that a rapid rise in sea levels could swallow up major cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, the <em>China Daily<\/em> said.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>&ldquo;The speed is astonishing,&quot; said Lu Xuedu, deputy director of the environmental division of the Ministry of Science and Technology. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>&quot;Coastal cities including Shanghai and Guangzhou will confront unimaginable challenges if the situation deteriorates,&quot; he told the paper.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>The sea level had risen by an average of 2.5 millimetres annually in recent years, the paper said, citing the oceanic agency&#8217;s report. <!--[if gte vml 1]>\n \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n \n \n<![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img width=\"20\" height=\"15\" v:shapes=\"_x0000_i1025\" alt=\"\" \/><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>  See <a href=\"https:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/9F394374-BE19-4C4A-BD68-41BB2FDF52CE.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" src=\"\/UserFiles\/Image\/coast(1).jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jacksonlee\/33035856\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jackson Lee<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s densely-populated coastal cities could face &quot;unimaginable challenges&quot; 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