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Beijing – Videos spread of dozens of citizens pouring into subway stations in the Chinese city of Chongqing, to escape the heat wave that the city witnessed last August, as residents complained of power outages that lasted a few hours a day for nearly a week. Parts of China have been hit by their worst heat wave since records began in 1961, with intense heat from Sichuan in the west to Shanghai in the east, and droughts lowering water levels in hydroelectric reservoirs. This necessitated restrictions on energy use across the country, particularly in the southwestern region, while the Chinese...
