I wonder if they might not have changed the weather patterns with the building of the Three Gorges Dam. Lots more moisture in the air now.
May very well be... That might explain Shanghai and the East of China, but Beijing is considerably north, and the south of China’s getting whacked with a cold snap, too.
It’s like the cold from Siberia just decided to ram itself down across the entire East of Asia. Happens once in a while in Shanghai (most winters have a few days below freezing, and maybe a week or two in the 32-40 degree range), but this has gone on and on, with no letup.
I guess High Priest Algore is wrong about Global Warming - I know a hundred million Chinese in the Nanjing/Shanghai/Ningbo corridor would love to have a 10 degree spike right about now!