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Water is the source of life. The Yellow River has watered the vast land and nourished the Chinese Civilization. Bathed in blessings from the Yellow River, we cannot help calling it “the Mother River”. However, nowadays more attention is focused on development and less on protection.
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Ge, J., Hu, Y. (2021). How the Yellow River Civilization Can Retain Perpetual Youth. In: A Historical Survey of the Yellow River and the River Civilizations. Understanding China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4481-5_5
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