{"id":11983,"date":"2007-03-31T09:43:53","date_gmt":"2007-03-31T16:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/31\/sandstorm-hits-northern-china-xinhua\/"},"modified":"2007-03-31T09:43:53","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T16:43:53","slug":"sandstorm-hits-northern-china-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/sandstorm-hits-northern-china-xinhua\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandstorm Hits Northern China &#8211; Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/388317.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/388317.php','popup','width=310,height=255,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/388317-thumb.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> From Xinhua via China.org:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Chinese capital was blanketed by floating dust from Friday night on. This year&#8217;s first sandstorm should be cleared up in the city till Saturday night, says the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).<\/p>\n<p>The floating dust was brought in by a cyclone developed in Mongolia, which moved eastward through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/features\/ProvinceView\/183227.htm\">Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/features\/ProvinceView\/167819.htm\">Hebei Province<\/a> into the city, Sun Jun, a CMA senior engineer said.<\/p>\n<p>The main body of the cyclone is expected to reach <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beijing\">Beijing<\/a> around Saturday noon, but the strong wind should help drive the floating dust away, according to Sun&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/environment\/205475.htm \"target=\"_blank\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Xinhua via China.org: The Chinese capital was blanketed by floating dust from Friday night on. 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