Rice is the foremost staple food crop in China and the largest water consumer in agriculture.

水稻是我国最大的粮食作物，也是农业上第一用水大户。

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The results come as environment secretary David Miliband holds a drought summit with regulators, water firms and consumer groups.

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Bank lobby groups will try to water down the consumer agency's powers and to persuade lawmakers that higher capital requirements will curb lending to hard-working Americans (and put the industry at a disadvantage to international rivals).

ECONOMIST: Financial reform in America

Until Ofwat stopped it, Kelda, the Yorkshire water business, hoped to hive off its water assets into a consumer-owned mutual.

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