Yanglingang

Yanglingang (simplified Chinese: 杨林岗村; traditional Chinese: 楊林崗村)[1] is a small fishing village located on the border between Shanghai and Jiangsu province, China.[2] The village has approximately fifty families,[3][4] who obtain their sustenance by fishing and obtaining drinking water from the Yangtze River, which has significant problems with pollution.[2][3] The village is "surrounded by power plants, paper-making factories, and chemical plants".[3] Village residents live on their boats.[4]

Not to be confused with Yanglingang Village (杨林岗村) in Cangbu Subdistrict (仓埠街方), Xinzhou District, Wuhan, Hubei; or Yanglingang (洋林港) in Yanshan County, Shangrao, Jiangxi.

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References
  1. 沁园净水器 (28 July 2014). "2013年2月，中国政府首次承认了"癌症村"的存在" [In February 2013, the Chinese government for the first time recognized the existence of a so-called "cancer village"]. 柳叶 (Iliuye) (in Chinese). 扬州广播电视总台 (Yangzhou Radio and Television Station). Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. Crabtree, Jim (August 15, 2012). "China Urged to Impose 'Green' Taxes". ENS. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  3. Taylor, Alan (March 22, 2013). "China's Toxic Water". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  4. "The story of fishing villages in Jiangsu province, China". Greenpeace International. March 7, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2015.


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