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China snows bring limited relief to drought
11.02.2011 10:39 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Snow across some drought-hit
parts of north and central China brought limited respite
from a drought threatening winter wheat crops that has
fueled talk of higher global prices, state forecasters said
on Thursday.
The welcome, but still patchy, snowfalls came after the
Chinese government said shoring up grain output was important
to defeating inflationary expectations driven by
rising food prices.
Snow was recorded in the capital Beijing, and parts of Henan,
Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, some of which have
endured months without precipitation, Sun Jun, a senior
forecaster for Chinas meteorological service told state
radio.
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