China, Danson Cheong's shoes, correspondent Straits Times, melted outdoors on the sunny day in Chongqing.

Danson Cheong, a Singapore Times newspaper reporter in China, said that it had spent 53 yuan ($ 7.73) to buy new shoes because the couple's shoes were deformed due to the hot weather.

Chongqing, a city directly under the Central Government in Southwest China, is the hottest city in the country with daytime temperatures up to more than 40 degrees C. In the alleys for weeks, everywhere has heard noise.

Danson Cheong's shoes deformed because of the heat (left), forcing him to buy new shoes (right).

In front of Wen's store, there were 35 hot lumps located on one side of the road, making loud noise when operating.

It was so hot, everyone wanted to turn on the air conditioner.

Chinese people often compare with fire.

In many regional temperatures in the city up to 45 degrees Celsius on August 18, the highest level has been recorded.

Elderly people avoid heat at a shopping center in Chongqing on 24/8.

Air conditioner accounts for more than half of the demand for electricity, 30% higher than the same period last year, according to the city's electricity company.

Chongqing officials called for businesses to reserve electricity for people, performing electricity cuts with factories and businesses to ensure electricity for residential areas.

On August 25, officials requested more than 10 million people in the districts of Covid-19 testing centers, when the temperature reached more than 40 degrees C. More than 3,800 testing stations were established.

Heaven 43 degrees Celsius, people were pushed to the limit, a resident wrote on Weibo.

Chongqing people lined up for Covid-19 tests on August 25.

Extended hot weather and rotating power cuts show the impact of climate change and the risk of increasing weather.

I did not study much, but I think this problem is due to climate change.

Hou said this year is the hottest summer in Chongqing for 16 years he lived here.

Chinese meteorologists say climate change is the cause of this year's extreme weather, warning similar heat waves that may appear more often.

Experts also noted that the electrical crisis showed that climate change resulted in a severe weather that promoted the demand for electricity to cool or heat up.

We need to predict the highest level of heating or cooling needs for large residential areas.

Gia Lang River, a branch of the Truong Giang River flows through Chongqing city, inert because of drought and hot sun, on August 25.

He said that the similar thirst that happened two years ago in Hunan, where a cold wave obstructed the production of hydroelectricity, wind and solar energy.

Two years later, Hunan was the leading province in the approval of thermal power project, Li said.

The risk is that this year's crisis can cause Chinese policy makers to continue returning to fossil fuels.

If you follow that path, the vision is very short -sighted, Li said.

The subway system in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, reduces the brightness of the lamp to save energy, when the heat is hot, causing electricity shortage.

Sichuan, an important semiconductor production center, ordered many factories to close many factories for 6 days due to heat due to heat.