Global Times - Chinese herdsmen suffer little loss from worst snowstorms in 50 years

Baolidao is happy to talk about how he got through the worst snows in 50 years without losing a single one of his 500 sheep or 70 cows.
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China's largest pasture area in Inner Mongolia was not only plagued by heavy snow falls since the beginning of winter but also suffered the worst spring cold snap in 30 years, with temperatures dropping to as low as 49 degrees below freezing.