Yes, white smoke is rising from a chimney in Beijing, but it doesn’t signal the election of a new Pope. It means the central heating system started working again.
The past forthnight it was rather could inside. In Beijing there is a big temperature difference between noontime (+15°) and nighttime (-4°). With no heating, it gets pretty cold at night. But the chimney at the power plant close by started spewing white smoke again and the heating elements in every room slowly started giving off warmth. The temperature inside has risen from 18 to 22 degrees.
Sunshine also helps. The rooms in our apartment catch a lot of sunshine, helping to dispel the cold. The heating will be on until mid-March. Then we’ll experience another cold fortnight before the outside temperature rises quickly to make us turn on the airco.
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