Dead Sea on the Israeli side allows production of magnesium metal (by a subsidiary, Dead Sea Magnesium Ltd.). Due to the popularity of the sea's therapeutic and healing properties, several companies have also shown interest in the manufacturing and supplying of Dead Sea salts as raw materials for body and skin care products. Since 1930, when its surface was and its level was below sea level, the Dead Sea has been monitored continuously. In recent decades, the Dead Sea has been rapidly shrinking because of diversion of incoming water from the Jordan River to the north. The southern end is fed by
The Spring River Flows East Anita Yuen, Carina Lau, and Chen Daoming, but the newer version is translated into English as "The River Flows Eastwards". An operatic adaptation by Hao Weiya under the title "Yi Jiang Chunshui", with libretto by Luo Zhou and Yu Jiang, was premiered at the Shanghai Grand Theater in October 2014. The Spring River Flows East The Spring River Flows East, also translated as The Tears of Yangtze, is a 1947 epic Chinese film written and directed by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli and produced by the Kunlun Film Company. It is considered one of the most influential and extraordinary Chinese