China has seen sandy and dusty weather as well as snow in multiple northern parts of the country after strong cold air disrupted previously warm spring days.
Starting from Sunday, multiple cities in north China's Shanxi Province, have experienced strong winds and sandstorms. The provincial weather observatory issued a blue alert for sandstorms and strong winds. On Monday morning, the sky was gray in Yangquan City, as dusty weather had markedly reduced visibility on the roads.
In Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China, sandstorms raged across the region Sunday in the afternoon, reducing visibility to less than seven kilometers in the urban areas of the provincial capital of Yinchuan, as well as cities of Shizuishan and Zhongwei. And during the daytime on Monday, sandstorms with visibility of less than five kilometers were observed in many places within these cities.
In northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, snow began falling on early Sunday in Mohe in the Dahinggan Mountains. As of 16:30 on the same day, the snowfall had reached 7.3 millimeters and the sudden snow amazed many tourists.
"We've chased the snow all the way from Guangdong to the north, to Mohe, and saw snow falling from the sky. We were so lucky," said a tourist.
North China sees snow, sandstorms in spring
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Wednesday in Beijing with Nauruan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lionel Aingimea, who came to China for the opening ceremony of the Nauru Embassy in China.
Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that since the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Nauru, both sides have fostered mutual understanding and support, while the pragmatic cooperation has developed comprehensively, bringing tangible benefits to the people of Nauru.
China appreciates Nauru's firm adherence to the one-China policy and believes that Nauru will continue to support China in safeguarding its sovereignty and territorial integrity, thus consolidating the political foundation of bilateral relations, Wang said.
China is willing to deepen cooperation with Nauru in various fields including agriculture and fisheries, sports, marine development, climate change response, and capacity building, Wang said, adding that China congratulates Nauru on the upcoming official opening of its embassy in China and is willing to provide conveniences and assistance for the embassy's operation.
Aingimea, for his part, said that Nauru sincerely thanks China for the valuable assistance provided in infrastructure construction and socio-economic development, which helps improve people's livelihood and sustainable development of Nauru.
Nauru will not waver in its stance of adhering to the one-China principle and looks forward to expanding bilateral cooperation in various fields and pushing bilateral relations to a new level, Aingimea added.
Chinese FM meets Nauruan counterpart
