Northern China has been hit by devastating floods
The official response gives a glimpse of the Beijing government’s priorities
ON THE ARID north China plain around Beijing, people usually complain there is too little water, rather than too much. But in recent weeks a typhoon named Doksuri made its way unusually far inland. On July 28th the storm made landfall on China’s eastern coast. Its remnants arrived in northern China the next day, bringing rains heavier than any recorded since China’s last imperial dynasty.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Raining down ”
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