Brutal droughts plague China

A farmer in a dried-up rice paddy field in Loudi, Central China's Hunan province, on July 31, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

Corn dies due to drought in Loudi, Central China's Hunan province, on July 31, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

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