a) "China" as a single national polity is an extremely recent concept
b) China spent the first half of the 20th century not even slightly unified, with a prominent warlord period followed by a prominent civil war and Japanese invasion
c) how do you think the PRC unified China?

“Water shortages are already threatening lives all over the planet, from the Middle East and North Africa to South Asia and right here in the American Southwest.”

… right here in the American southwest... in… Manhattan???

thanks to @estupi.do for pointing this out lol

*RECORD SCRATCH* Yep, that's me. You might be wondering how I got myself in this situation-