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BEIJING (Reuters) - China will take measures to support growth and employment, as well as to prevent risks, state media cited Premier Li Qiang as saying on Thursday.
Dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are testing China's ability to cope with increasingly wild weather, as high temperatures challenge power grids and water security while floods ruin crops and threaten urban populations. Officials have warned repeatedly China is especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its large population and unevenly distributed water supplies, even as infrastructure is built and policies are rolled out to bolster the country's climate resilience. In June, temperatures averaged 21.1 Celsius (70 Fahrenheit), or 0.7C high...
Dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are testing China's ability to cope with increasingly wild weather, as high temperatures challenge power grids and water security while floods...
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BEIJING (Reuters) -Torrential rain has killed 15 people in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, media reported on Wednesday, as President Xi Jinping called for greater efforts to protect the public from extreme weather.