I've just heard from my old fella in Shenyang (NE China), and he says it sounds like Beirut used to, outside. He says he's not going to take any holiday time off in the next 2 weeks because the rest of China will be on holiday too, and everywhere crowded. It's been -20 up there in the north, so I guess there's plenty of dancing out in the streets to keep warm.

(We're both hares).

Andrea