News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 month ago
Government scientists in Beijing have been pilloried for inducing a recent heavy snow fall that jammed traffic, delayed air travel and left city residents shivering, state media said Wednesday. Sunday's snowfall dropped more than 16 million tonnes of...
News Source: Epoch Times
| about 1 month ago
00 p.m. on Oct. 31, and by 11:25 a.m. the following morning Beijing was covered in snow. Chinese meteorologists say the earliest snowfall normally occurs around Nov. 29, according to statistics developed over 50 years as reported by state-run media. â...
News Source: The Hindustan Times
| about 1 month ago
While tensions between India and China spill over with visa controversies on both sides, Beijing has now blamed the Dalai Lama for trying to damage ties. On Tuesday, Beijing labelled the Tibetan spiritual leader’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh a...
News Source: The Hindu
| about 1 month ago
The residents of China’s capital rose in surprise this weekend to a city blanketed by the heaviest snowfall seen in recent years and the earliest occurrence of snow since 1987. And for once, global warming was not to blame for the bizarre,...
News Source: Times Online
| about 1 month ago
The 11-hour snowfall, which could be the heaviest in a decade, brought the capital to a halt and hundreds of flights were delayed. China’s meteorologists are desperate to alleviate a prolonged drought gripping swaths of the country. Zhang Qiang,...
News Source: Toronto Star
| about 1 month ago
The Chinese have been inducing precipitation for several years for a variety of reasons. Artificial weather has been used to end droughts, to undo crop-destroying hailstorms and to fight fires. Using artillery guns, rainmakers launch rockets...