China logs 52.2 temperature as extreme weather rewrites records

An elderly man swims in Liangma river during hot weather in Beijing, China. Photograph: EPA A remote township in China's arid northwest endured temperatures of more than 52 degrees on Sunday, state media reported, setting a record for the country. Temperatures at Sanbao township in Xinjiang’s Turpan Depression soared as high as 52.2C on Sunday, state-run Xinjiang Daily reported on Monday, with the record heat expected to persist at least another five days. The Sunday temperature broke a previous record of 50.3 degrees, measured in 2015 near Ayding in the depression, a vast basin of sand dunes and dried-up lakes…