This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Climate .........................................................................= ................................................... The largest part of China is in a moderate zone with clearly = recognizable seasons. The country has great climatic differences = resulting from the monsoon, the expanse of the land mass, and the = considerable differences in altitude. While it is generally warm and = humid in south - eastern and central China, the north and north east are = relatively dry. The best times for traveling are spring (May) and autumn = (September and October) . China stretches across 35 degree of latitude, = resulting in a great variation of regional climates. In many areas, the = summer is hot and rainy, with a high level of humidity, while the winter = is dry. In northern China, more than 80 percent of rainfall occurs in = the summer months, but only 40 percent of the annual rainfall occur in = southern China during this season. There are frequent typhoons in south = east China during the rainy season, between July and September. North of = the Yangzi, the winter can be extremely cold. The northern regions, = particularly , show a clear alteration of the four seasons.=20 The north-east has hot, dry summers and long, cold winters. Summer in = the desert regions of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia is also hot and dry, = while winter is cold and dry. On the Tibet Qinghai Plateau (average = altitude - 4,000 metres), summer is short and moderately warm, while = winters can get very cold. There is little rainfall throughout the year. = The differences in day and night temperatures are very great. In central = China, the summers are hot and humid, with a lot of rainfall in the late = summer months. In the low lying regions of the Yangzi, winter is = somewhat milder than in the central Chinese loess mountain regions or in = Sichuan , which is enclosed by mountains. In the regions around Beijing, = X'ian and Zhengzhou, there are occasional sand storms in winter and = spring. A mild climate with warm summers and cool winters generally = prevails on the Yunnan Guizhou High Plateau, with little rainfall, and = very rare frosts. Southern China has a sub-tropical climate. Rainfall is = distributed around the year, the summers are long, humid and hot, and = the winters are short with cooler temperatures.=20 Most metropolitan areas of China are in the east, so there may well be = quite a bit of humidity - at least in the summer. Beijing is right = across the Yellow Sea from North Korea, and we Americans all know from = watching M*A*S*H, that it gets pretty darn cold and dry in the winter = there. I am also on the boat that suspects a little more marketing input than = science to all this grey market stuff. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 > << what Mr. Campbell said. He said Guangzhou is pretty humid > -- roughly like the tropics in S. America. Maybe they don't have the = huge > climate changes that many places in the U.S. experience. ??? >> >=20 > I understand that, however, I don't think anyplace can get much more = humid=20 > that New Orleans, so I still have to wonder what is going on. I = dunno, I have=20 > wondered how much of the Yamaha "grey market cautions" are based on = marketing=20 > and how much is really based on the wood. I have several customers = with Kawai=20 > "Model 500" pianos from wayyyy back, and they haven't fallen apart or=20 > anything else that I can ascribe to mis-climate. (I have also seen = some obvious grey=20 > market pianos that seem to behave just like their more legitimate = brethren). =20 > I do wonder...=20 > Ed Foote RPT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/62/19/97/a8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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