摘要
Water-abundant Sichuan Province is seeing persistent drought in the south,with authorities rushing to complete new diversion projects.Some experts warn it might not be enough to support the region's fast economic development."The white dragon has left the dragon king's palace!"tourists at Bailong Lake exclaimed in late May,referring to an emerged rock that resembles a dragon in the middle of the shallow lake.Bailong,or White Dragon Lake,is located in Hulukou Reservoir in Weiyuan County,Neijiang City in southern Sichuan Province.After a prolonged drought,water levels were so low,it exposed the cracked lake bed.
