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Kirsty Needham

Kirsty Needham is China Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

Tourist attractions on the shores of Erhai Lake in Yunnan province have been shut down in order to control pollution.

Fewer algae blooms seen as progress

A study published in Nature Geoscience has shown phosphorus pollution - a major cause of algal blooms - has fallen by a third in China's lakes.