Old central heating rule leaves old Shanghai neighbourhood shivering in winter

January 04, 2018 11:41 AM

SHANGHAI (AFP) – Amid the skyscrapers of a modern Chinese metropolis, Shanghai’s oldest neighbourhood shivers through the winter, thanks to an old rule forbidding central heating.

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