This Day, That Year

Item from Oct 23, 1991, in China Daily: Beijing residents carefully examine this winter's assortment of stoves outside the Beixinqiao Cooking Utensils Shop in the city's Dongcheng district.

As frigid temperatures approach, local sales departments offer a wide variety of stoves to meet market demand.

Coal stoves used for winter heating in the capital have gradually disappeared in the past few decades, with residents within the Fifth Ring Road enjoying warm indoor temperatures under the central heating system.