'Blame global warming' for higher temps

Global warming is to blame for the recent temperature rises across China, an expert from the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said on Friday.

"Spring has come early in some areas of East and Central China this year, and it's because of global warming," Yang Guiming, the center's chief forecaster, told China Daily.

Temperatures in most cities rose above 20 C on Friday, 10 degrees above the seasonal average and despite some light rain falling the day before, the NMC said.