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comprof Champion Author Houston Posts:6,839 Points:1,352,750 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 5:14:40 PM Ignore comprof Report Abuse BEIJING (AP) -- China is experiencing unusual chills this winter with its national average temperature hitting the lowest in 28 years, and snow and ice have closed highways, canceled flights, stranded tourists and knocked out power in several provinces. China Meteorological Administration on Friday said the national average was -3.8 degrees Celsius (25 degrees Fahrenheit) since late November, the coldest in nearly three decades. The average temperature in northeast China dipped to -15.3 degrees C (4.5 degrees F), the coldest in 43 years, and dropped to a 42-year low of -7.4 degrees C (18.7 degrees F) in northern China. In some areas - northeastern China, eastern Inner Mongolia, and north part of far-western Xinjiang province - the low has hit -40 degrees C (-40 degrees F), the administr Visit AP for full article

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BEIJING (AP) -- China is experiencing unusual chills this winter with its national average temperature hitting the lowest in 28 years, and snow and ice have closed highways, canceled flights, stranded tourists and knocked out power in several provinces.

China Meteorological Administration on Friday said the national average was -3.8 degrees Celsius (25 degrees Fahrenheit) since late November, the coldest in nearly three decades.

The average temperature in northeast China dipped to -15.3 degrees C (4.5 degrees F), the coldest in 43 years, and dropped to a 42-year low of -7.4 degrees C (18.7 degrees F) in northern China.

In some areas - northeastern China, eastern Inner Mongolia, and north part of far-western Xinjiang province - the low has hit -40 degrees C (-40 degrees F), the administr
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MAC48 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,546 Points:763,220 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jan 7, 2013 6:37:03 PM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse There always has been climate change since the beginning of the earth's existance throught to our time. There will continue to be climate change because change over time is the natural climatic cycle. Thus all reasonable thinkers accept the fact of climate change. What is not fact is the hypothisis of man made climate change. How anyone who has any degree of intelligence can think that the miniscule efforts of man can cause a change in the climate is beyond comprehension. As a side note did not the same very cold winter pattern occur during the winter of 1950-1951 when the Chinese sent 250,000 soldiers to attach the UN forces in Northern North Korea. As memory serves the historians called the extremely frigid cold fronts that winter the Mongolian Express when writing about that winter campaign of the Korean War.
TruthMatters Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,510 Points:530,435 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jan 7, 2013 2:52:46 PM Ignore TruthMatters Report Abuse Try to convince them this all caused by global warming!
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Buckeyee Champion Author Maine Posts:4,584 Points:895,755 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Jan 6, 2013 5:34:47 PM Ignore Buckeyee Report Abuse Record cold in China, a rather " Inconvenient truth " so to speak. Same here in Maine, 18 below the other night !!
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:11,070 Points:1,619,180 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jan 6, 2013 5:28:58 PM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse Climate change with dramatic extremes of weather in both winter and summer! Drastic freeze up of China's northeastern harbors should at least stem the flow of Chinese junk to the USA for the next couple months. Perhaps our few remaining shipyards can build some ice cutters for them!
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BuckyTJones Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:4,932 Points:967,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 10:43:55 PM Ignore BuckyTJones Report Abuse Send Al Gore over to China so he can convince them of Global Warming and that should thaw out the highways for them.
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Tacodan Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:2,295 Points:650,210 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 9:28:51 PM Ignore Tacodan Report Abuse China needs a EPA
CVA19 Champion Author Salem Posts:2,393 Points:606,100 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 9:20:17 PM Ignore CVA19 Report Abuse Global warming is a b****! In case you haven't noticed, JDchefF, the weather is changing worldwide all the time; it has been doing this for eons. [Edited by: GT3186 at 1/5/2013 9:22:57 PM EST]
fowlcan Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:2,095 Points:680,590 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 8:57:33 PM Ignore fowlcan Report Abuse Happens everywhere,lets all falsely blame global warming!
JDchefF Champion Author Lancaster Posts:1,030 Points:225,245 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 8:42:40 PM Ignore JDchefF Report Abuse So much for global warming, chill to the max China!
TC5504 All-Star Author West Virginia Posts:920 Points:190,010 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 8:34:45 PM Ignore TC5504 Report Abuse Weather is changing world wide.
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playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:8,540 Points:1,540,375 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 7:47:59 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse Much of China still burns coal in there homes to heat them. Part of why they have such bad pollution problems in large populated area's. They will need lots of coal this year it seems.
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humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,065 Points:2,367,370 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 5:44:39 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse does this mean they are exempt fro global warming ?
Taxrefugee Champion Author Arizona Posts:1,376 Points:382,770 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 5:29:36 PM Ignore Taxrefugee Report Abuse Not as much as you might suspect. Most buildings south of the Yangtze River do not have any type of central heating. Space heaters and lots of layers.
eschroth442 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:1,064 Points:328,970 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2013 5:19:17 PM Ignore eschroth442 Report Abuse chinas' gonna need alot of fuel to keep those people warm