China – the purported successor to world hegemony, much as Japan or Russia were touted in the 70s and 80s – is a communalized and rather poor mass of contradictions and pending implosions. One area which seems to be vital for life and civilisation – water – is in peril apparently in the vaunted, unstoppable Kingdom of Communist-Capitalism. This opens up a plethora of opportunities in business and investment, not to mention Confucian aphorisms such as; “He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger." Maybe we can change that to “A country which sees an environmental disaster but does not admit it, is in great danger.”

Source Business Insider:

By 2030 Demand will be 2.6 x that of supply

11 Provinces have Water poverty including Shanghai and Beijing [red colors]:

73 % of Groundwater is polluted:

77% of Key Lakes and Rivers are unfit for human consumption:

108 massive projects are distorting East Asia's natural environment: