That Explains It

Big news out of China is the havoc being wrought by winter storms and unseasonably low temperatures. Some parts of the country are experiencing the coldest temperatures recorded in fifty years.

Enough to give one pause when thinking about global warming, right?

Of course not. From an article in yesterday's The Straits Times (not available online):

Another newspaper, the 21st Century Business Herald, interviewed a chief meteorologist who said "the extreme weather was caused by global climate change."

"In my 26 years at the meteorological services, I have never come across such weather," the paper quoted Mr Yang Guiming as saying.

And if China had been experiencing one of the driest warmest winters in years, what would the explanation be? Global climate change of course.