My husband just returned from Shanghai and said the same thing. They just don’t know how to handle it. The major hotels have central heat, but most homes have little to none. Most factories have none.
Yep. I’ve been going to China for a decade and can NEVER remember a winter as cold or extended as this one. The eastern and southern part of the country just aren’t ready for this kind of cold snap.
Imagine taking an Illinois winter and dropping it on Hawaii for a month. All kinds of havoc after the first week! You strain systems too much for too long and things just break down...