Sanbu Township, Xinjiang
Sanbu Township (Chinese: 三堡乡; pinyin: Sānbǔ Xiāng; Uyghur: ئاستانە يېزىسى, romanized: Astane Yëzisi) is a township in Gaochang District, Turpan, Xinjiang, China. The ancient Gaochang city ruins is located here.
Geography
[edit]Sanbu made international headlines during the 2023 Asia heat wave. The local unmanned weather station set a new record of 52.2 °C (126.0 °F) at 17:00 Xinjiang Time (19:00 Beijing Time), July 16, 2023, breaking the old record of 50.6°C at 18:03 Beijing Time, July 10, 2017.[1][2][3] Two days later, on July 18, 2023, John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate visited Beijing and mentioned the Sanbu weather to Li Qiang, the Premier of China.[4][5] The English newspaper misspelled Sanbu as Sanbao at the time.
References
[edit]- ^ "新疆吐鲁番出现52.2℃高温，火焰山地表温度达80℃". 新疆日报微信公号. 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ 李志宏; 张慧琴 (2023-07-17). "吐鲁番：52.2℃高温破极值". 中国气象报社. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ "52.2℃！新疆吐鲁番盆地出现极端高温". 人民日报. 2023-07-17. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18.
- ^ Cheng, Evelyn (2023-07-18). "Kerry upholds U.S.-China 'stability' in symbolic Beijing visit". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- ^ 云涌 (2023-07-18). "中美部分会议气氛紧张！美国特使克里：气候合作可能重新定义中美关系". FX168财经报社. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-18.