US climate envoy meets Chinese counterpart on hottest ever day in China
by Emma Graham-Harrison in Taipei from World news | The Guardian on (#6D19J)
John Kerry arrives in Beijing as temperature hits 52.2C in Xinjiang - where authorities tell workers and students to stay at home
A remote township in China's western Xinjiang region has set a nationwide temperature record of 52.2C, as the US climate envoy, John Kerry, held meetings with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, in Beijing.
The temperature was reached on Sunday at Sanbao township in the Turpan Depression, the China Meteorological Administration said in a statement. It broke a previous record of 50.6C, set in July 2017, the CMA said.
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