Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall experienced in the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of China and elsewhere began to ease. The temperature recorded at Beijing's Nanjiao weather station rose to above zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time in days, Beijing Daily reported. 'Since temperature first dropped to below zero degrees on December 11, the temperature had remained below that line for more than 300 hours,' Beijing Daily wrote. Source: Oman News Agency