Weekend falls ease drought
By Chen Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-28 07:44
Farmers in Taigu village in Yuncheng city, Shanxi province, irrigate a wheat field during a snowfall on Saturday. Yan Xin / Xinhua |

BEIJING - The recent widespread rain and snowfalls in northern China, which are expected to end on Monday night, have eased severe drought in some of China's major wheat-growing areas.
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