Children play on cracked earth of the drought-stricken Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province November 26, 2007. The water level of the largest freshwater lake in China has fallen to dangerous limits due to severe droughts since this summer.

A man stands on cracked earth of the drought-stricken Poyang Lake in east China's Jiangxi Province November 26, 2007. The water level of the largest freshwater lake in China has fallen to dangerous limits due to severe droughts since this summer.

(Xinhua News Agency December 27, 2007)