September 2016 Newsletter
At last, after an unusually warm first two weeks of September, the cool autumn morning breeze has arrived to Beijing. Day temperatures are comfortable, but at night the mercury drops enough to enable a good night’s sleep without the disturbing noise from air conditioners. We are still a few months away from the freezing dry cold winter of Beijing. From now until then end of November the cold dry air from Siberia will be arm wrestling with the warm humid air from the south. Siberia always wins, but the South is in for a good fight. On the political arena we see the same arm wrestling between the enlightened reformers in Beijing and the vested interests around the country as well as resistance to change from further down in the administrative circles in Beijing. When international media reports on contradictory policies or measures coming out of Beijing they are often... Read More