China opens former air raid shelters amid heat wave
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Residents cover up with umbrellas near a blue sky with wispy clouds during a hot day, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Beijing. A heat wave is sweeping through parts of China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 2/15
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents exercise in an air-raid shelter in Jinan, eastern China's Shandong Province, July 8, 2022. Due to hot weather this summer, Jinan has opened nine air-raid shelters for free, providing citizens with leisure, reading, sports and fitness services. (Zhu Zheng/Xinhua via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 3/15
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A worker sprays water on a road outside a worksite during a hot day, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Beijing. A heat wave is sweeping through parts of China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)ASSOCIATED PRESS 
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A woman wearing a face mask, arm sleeves, and a sun hat rides a bicycle on an unseasonably warm day in Beijing, Thursday, July 14, 2022. High temperatures have prompted cites in eastern China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat. Temperatures have surpassed all-time records in much of the country, while flooding has hit many parts. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 5/15
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A teenager plays with a water fountain during a hot day, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Beijing. A heat wave is sweeping through parts of China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 9/15
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Women wearing face masks use an umbrella for shade as they walk across an intersection on an unseasonably warm day in Beijing, Thursday, July 14, 2022. High temperatures have prompted cites in eastern China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat. Temperatures have surpassed all-time records in much of the country, while flooding has hit many parts. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)ASSOCIATED PRESS Yahoo News is better in the app
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A woman uses an umbrella for shade as she walks through the central business district on an unseasonably warm day in Beijing, Thursday, July 14, 2022. High temperatures have prompted cites in eastern China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat. Temperatures have surpassed all-time records in much of the country, while flooding has hit many parts. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 11/15
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A man and girl wearing face masks cool off in the shade on an unseasonably warm day in Beijing, Thursday, July 14, 2022. High temperatures have prompted cites in eastern China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat. Temperatures have surpassed all-time records in much of the country, while flooding has hit many parts. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 12/15
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A woman wearing a face mask walks across a pedestrian bridge on an unseasonably warm day in Beijing, Thursday, July 14, 2022. High temperatures have prompted cites in eastern China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat. Temperatures have surpassed all-time records in much of the country, while flooding has hit many parts. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)ASSOCIATED PRESS Yahoo News is better in the app
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents play billiards in an air-raid shelter in Jinan, eastern China's Shandong Province, July 8, 2022. Due to hot weather this summer, Jinan has opened nine air-raid shelters for free, providing citizens with leisure, reading, sports and fitness services. (Zhu Zheng/Xinhua via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 14/15
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents play badminton in an air-raid shelter in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, July 8, 2022. Due to hot weather this summer, Jinan has opened nine air-raid shelters for free, providing citizens with leisure, reading, sports and fitness services. (Zhu Zheng/Xinhua via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS - 15/15
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, cafe owner Chen Huanwen, right chats with customers in Jiulongpo District of southwestern in the cafe opened in an air raid shelter, China's Chongqing, July 11, 2022. High temperatures have prompted cites in China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat. (Liu Chan/Xinhua via AP)ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEIJING (AP) — High temperatures have prompted cites in eastern China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat.
Temperatures have surpassed all-time records in much of the country, while flooding has hit many parts.
Air raid shelters were built in numerous Chinese cities during the Japanese invasion beginning in 1937. The building campaign was restored in the late 1950s when the former Soviet Union canceled its projects with China, prompting then-leader Mao Zedong to lean toward a diplomatic opening with Washington while guarding against a nuclear attack.
