China Stories: How Historic Rainfall Overwhelmed Zhengzhou

Five-year-old, $8.3 billion ‘sponge city’ program for handling floods falls short as toothless red alert warnings go unheeded Read the article by Wang Mengyao, Qin Minxing, Ge Xinghang, Zhu Tianyi, and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-27/cover-story-how-historic-rainfall-overwhelmed-zhengzhou-101745293.html.  Narrated by Heather Mowbray.  SPECIAL OFFER To enjoy 7-day complimentary access to caixinglobal.com and the English Caixin app visit this link: https://www.caixinglobal.com/institutional-activity/?code=J3XVJC