Qingfeng Zhang is Director of the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division of the Asian Development Bank's East Asia Department.
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China must act now to prevent Yangtze floods getting worse
It is not just nature but social and financial challenges which government needs to address
Houses around the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, are submerged by flood, pictured on July 14. © Imaginechina/AP
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