Water in China

As a lawyer, Dad dealt almost exclusively with land and property rights. This included easements, right-of-way, mineral rights, and of course important in Texas, water rights. I think this background somehow connected in Dad's mind to the news stories this week about the tsunami in Asia and my Chinese son-in-law being in the house for Christmas to come up with the following story:

"There is lots of water in China. That's what there is."

"They have floods in China because there is so much water in China. That's true of them."
"Russia does not have enough water. That is true of them."

"They can't pump the water up hill from China to Russia. That is what they cannot do.""Although there is lots of water in China, they can't pump it up hill to Russia. That is true of them."

And so on for the next hour and a half...