Cloudy in Beijing Blogging about my time in China

Snow in Beijing

I woke up today and saw this.

One of China's news services said of the snow: "The cold air has given this present to the residents of Beijing."

I'm not sure if I want this present. Seems a little early. And it's snowing a lot too, not just a little.

"I don't want to go out," my roommate said as he lay in his bed this morning.

* Update: here are some photos I took later in the day. It's the late afternoon and the snow has stopped and the sun is out. I spoke to a taxi cab driver and he said the snow came out extremely early this time of year. But some Internet posts say that this sometimes happens in Beijing and that it occurred back in 2003. (Later I read an article that said the last time it snowed this early was in 1987.)  People seem to be enjoying things though, except maybe for this poor guy below here.