The Chinese economic miracle has been based upon misuse of water. and other natural resources. The Chinese water bubble economy is profoundly serious crisis [search] threatening Chinese and global ecology and stability. Stores of freshwater are essentially being mined, and natural waterways treated as waste dumps. This has been the norm of industrialized society pioneered in Europe, perfected in the United States, and now practiced on an unprecedented magnitude in China. Water use has increased five-fold since 1949. Much of this water went towards ensuring self-sufficiency in grain production for grotesquely unsustainable human populations. To survive, Chine simply must conserve and protect clean water. And it is in the world's interest to help, as an ecologically imploding China is bound to lash out against its neighbors.