dancing home with face upturned -
a thousand kisses.
That modest downpour on Wednesday night was the first proper rain we've had in 5 or 6 weeks (a period that is usually the wettest of the year in Beijing, contributing about a third of its annual rainfall). Gosh, it was a relief. Beijing is parched this summer. But no-one talks of drought. 'Droughts' only get reported in the local media when they are about to end, or when they are being 'well managed' by local authorities. Virtually the whole country has been in a huge drought crisis for the last three years, but there's only an occasional 'feelgood' story about one particular region. Drought in Beijing? Heavens, no!
Of course, not. We steal as much water as we need from neighbouring regions, thereby exacerbating their droughts. It's good to be the capital.
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