Sandstorm Hits Chinas Capital – China News

incredibleworld.net — A sandstorm is something what you really don’t want to experience, especially if you are outside of your home. Sandstorms are common in China but you don’t see every day a city like Beijing hit with such weather.

Chinese capital, Beijing, today was covered with a sand because of a sandstorm that plagued northwestern China in the past few weeks.

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