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Rabbit Year No Snow

There is an old word in China, good snow good harvest. I guess next year is a poor harvest year. Because there is no snow this year in Beijing. It is very unusual, thit is the first time no snow here in last 60 years.
Drought causes poor harvest, and causes another serious problem, the winter [...]

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Spring rain is more precious than oil

Two years ago, I posted the first blog in this blog, its named “Rainy Days”, and two years later, Beijing rainning again. The sky is gray and the weather is cool, I like it, because it feels lonely and I like lonely.
In Chinese has an old saying: Spring rain is more precious than oil. It’s [...]

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Beijing spring dust storm

Last week, the first spring dust storm of the year hitted Beijing.

Because the vegetation is damaged on account of the mining or construction, causing the desert in the northwest is gradually expanding, leading to serious desertification and frequent sandstorms.
Every spring the dust storm hits Beijing and surrounding areas, it is characteristic weather of Beijing now. [...]

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008