http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/31/china-heat-the-overunder.html This is China Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:15:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/31/china-heat-the-overunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-3658 gabriel Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:30:57 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/31/china-heat-the-overunder.html#comment-3658 To be honest, I find your description somewhat exaggerated. I live in Beijing, and I find that the heating in my student dorm is just right. I don't think it's too hot at all, and some people complain it's not hot enough. In my university, classrooms are often underheated in the winter, and students may sit in class with their cloaks on. I have also never felt the need for a humidifier in my room. To be honest, I find your description somewhat exaggerated. I live in Beijing, and I find that the heating in my student dorm is just right. I don’t think it’s too hot at all, and some people complain it’s not hot enough. In my university, classrooms are often underheated in the winter, and students may sit in class with their cloaks on. I have also never felt the need for a humidifier in my room.

]]> http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/31/china-heat-the-overunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-373 Jenny Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:29:14 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/31/china-heat-the-overunder.html#comment-373 Hello Josh...I just stumbled across your Over/Under entry and felt like sending you a winter greeting from a (freezing) laowai in (really very mild) "Under" Guangdong Province! Of course the winters here are nothing like the ones I experienced in Liaoning Province but I must say I do prefer the winters there and would definitely always choose feeling cold sometimes over feeling cold ALL THE TIME. Well...gotta go...it's really chilly here in the office and I think I need to step outside for a while to warm up again ;-) Hello Josh…I just stumbled across your Over/Under entry and felt like sending you a winter greeting from a (freezing) laowai in (really very mild) “Under” Guangdong Province! Of course the winters here are nothing like the ones I experienced in Liaoning Province but I must say I do prefer the winters there and would definitely always choose feeling cold sometimes over feeling cold ALL THE TIME. Well…gotta go…it’s really chilly here in the office and I think I need to step outside for a while to warm up again

]]> http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/31/china-heat-the-overunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Ben Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:29:56 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/31/china-heat-the-overunder.html#comment-5 Josh- Your comments about the cold winters in the South are right on the money. I lived in Fujian for 3 years, and while it never got below freezing, it did get chilly. Basically, you would wake up every day, put on your clothes, then put on long johns and a coat. You wouldn't take your coat off until you went to sleep or showered. Right after you get out of the shower you put all your clothes, plus the coat, back on immediately. Interestingly, during my Chinese winter I was more comfortable during the week I spent in Beijing than the other time in Fuzhou. Outside it was freezing, but at least you knew as soon as you made it indoors, you would be nice and warm. Josh-
Your comments about the cold winters in the South are right on the money. I lived in Fujian for 3 years, and while it never got below freezing, it did get chilly. Basically, you would wake up every day, put on your clothes, then put on long johns and a coat. You wouldn’t take your coat off until you went to sleep or showered. Right after you get out of the shower you put all your clothes, plus the coat, back on immediately. Interestingly, during my Chinese winter I was more comfortable during the week I spent in Beijing than the other time in Fuzhou. Outside it was freezing, but at least you knew as soon as you made it indoors, you would be nice and warm.

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