Drought rattles farmers in eastern China

February 25, 2011 by Boris Cambreleng

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Villagers are seen carrying bottled drinking water in a drought-blighted region of China. A widespread record drought in the east of the country is threatening to send global food prices even higher as China's key wheat crop falters.

Yu Ruicheng's weathered face creases with worry as she stands on her dry wheat field in eastern China, where a record drought is threatening to send soaring global food prices even higher.

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