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| Morning frost on the college grounds |
It’s Christmas eve and the cold weather is moving in with a vengeance. I’ve had a bad cold for the last 5 days, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better.
The headlines here are
Temperatures plummet across China as temperatures have dropped in many places as a result of the strongest cold front so far. In Beijing, the lowest temperature will reach minus 15 degrees Celsius.
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| A Christmas apple |
Quzhou, being south of Shanghai is has a more moderate climate than the north, so it’s only dropping to about 0C here overnight, and up to a high of 9C during the day.
It’s apparently a tradition here to give apples for Christmas, and I was fortunate to receive a couple from students. See the photo, and the detail of the text on the side of the box.
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| Christmas in China (AP Photo) |
One of the world’s oldest civilizations and a non-Christian society, China still manages to celebrate the spirit of the Season with a great celebration.
And let’s not forget that most of our
Christmas decorations are now made in China.
Anyway Merry Christmas – I’ll leave you with this AP photo Chinese winter swimmers dressed in Santa costume performing a dance before taking part in swimming at a lake to celebrate Christmas in Shenyang in northeast China’s Liaoning province.
