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Anyone banking on #ZeroCovid being wound back in #China soon, allowing the Chinese economy to bounce back, restoring supply chain reliability here in the near future… don’t. It’s going to take a looong time for China to ease #ZeroCovid.
The government in #China doesn’t seem to know exactly how to escape from the #ZeroCovid corner it’s painted itself into. This will be a long, drawn-out, process of trial and error easing, restricting, easing, restricting.
The huge, renewed, vaccination drive which would be needed before opening #China up hasn’t even started. Approving more effective international vaccines would help. Preparing medical facilities for a big influx of #Covid patients would also have to happen.
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Design your transit, service, and emergency vehicles to fit your city—not the other way around.
Tiny buses serve narrow streets of #Rome's centro storico. #Roma
Small fire trucks serve narrow streets of #Tokyo.
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The images coming out of #Chongqing are apocalyptic. Mass #coronavirus PCR tests being carried out as bushfires rage following months of heatwave with a record drought threatening crops and severely limiting much needed hydroelectricity. #China
Some more info on the vast drought across southern #China
Large queues with what appear to be hundreds of fire fighters lining up for #coronavirus PCR tests in #Chongqing. This shows the priority being placed on zero #Covid in #China. Even as fires rage through forests, emergency teams must participate in mass testing.
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#China has issued an orange alert on Wednesday for #drought as a scorching #heatwave sweeps across much of the country.
Parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Tibet suffered from moderate to severe droughts, according to the National Meteorological Center.
In the next three days, precipitation in parts of the Yellow River, Huaihe, Jiangsu, Anhui and Sichuan basins will ease the drought, high temperature and dry weather will continue in other regions.
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🥵#China🇨🇳 #heatwave 19-8-2022
🌡️Longue liste de records absolus...

45°C à Beibei pour le 2e jour consécutif, record absolu pour la région de Chongqing

43.7°C à #Chongqing-Shapingba (et mini nocturne record de 34.9°C !)

40.0°C à #Shanghai-Baoshan ->39.9 les 6 & 8 août 2013
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...autres records absolus en Chine ce 19-8-2022 (suite)
*municipalité de Chongqing*
43.7 Shapingba ->...->43.0 le 15-8-2006 (ancien record avant 2022 battu plusieurs fois)
43.5 Shizhu ->42.0 le 13-7-2013
43.1 Rongchang ->...->42.0 12-8-2006
42.8 Yongchuan ->...->42.1 1-9-2006
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...autres records absolus en Chine ce 19-8-2022 (suite)

*province du Sichuan*
43.2°C Gulin ->42.8 16-8-2011
41.1 Tongjiang ->...->40.4 29-7-1969
41.1 Wangcang ->...->40.9 18-7-2002
40.8 Nanjiang ->40.3 5-8-1994

*province du Hunan*
41.4°C Changde ->...->40.6 11-8-2013
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THREAD: (1/8) I just got back from #Chongqing where everything in a word was HOT. It was 40-degree Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) for most of the week and the hot pot lived up to its name. PLUS this Chinese megacity is a hot spot for tourists. bloom.bg/3vkrYfd
(2/8) Implementation of Covid rules seem relaxed compared to other cities in China and domestic travelers are poring into the city, which mostly doesn’t require quarantine on arrival. Although some tourist spots did require a scan to enter. bloom.bg/3vkrYfd
(3/8) In Chongqing, signs of China’s signature pandemic policy disrupting daily life are hard to find. Tourists snapped selfies at an ancient fortress while hundreds of partygoers packed into a gay bar this week, with barely a mask in sight. bloom.bg/3vkrYfd
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It's so hot, they've wrapped a bridge in foil in the UK.

It's so hot, a museum roof melted in China.

It's so hot, pipes are bursting in the US.

It’s so hot, wheat crops are damaged in India.

It’s so hot, meteorologists named a heat wave in Spain.

One hot thread. 🔥🧵🌏
🌉 Silver insulation foil has been placed over the Hammersmith Bridge to protect it from the sun and keep the bridge open.

#London: 40C 🔥

bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
⛩ In Chongqing, the roof of one museum literally melted, with the tiles of a traditional Chinese roof popping as the heat dissolved the underlying tar. The city called a red alert on Monday.

#Chongqing: 41C 🔥

reuters.com/world/china/do…
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Not sure how on the radar this is for you but the #Chinaflooding season starts in 13 days and it’s already a catastrophe.

An interesting analysis of the situation.

#msm not covering this.

@paul_furber @paulmuaddib61

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Catastrophic crisis brewing in China. The three gorges dam on verge of collapse. Rain expected for another 7-10 days.

400 million at risk.

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