[org.whodat]

Shanghai average low temp:NOV 46/49, Dec 35/39, Jan 31/32, Feb 33/36, Mar 39/43, Beijing: Nov 29/33, Dec 18/21, Jan 13/17, Feb 18/21, Mar 29/33,

Whatever you say,

[PugetSoundSoldier]

If you knew a bit of the geography of China, you'd know that Shanghai is a BIT North of Hong Kong (HK), and Beijing even further North than that.

You might want to consider Shenzhen, next to Hong Kong, or maybe Sanya, or even the original city I posted, Hong Kong. Nanning, Haikou, even Xiamen.

A lot of Southern China is like Hawaii - you don't really need a furnace or heater. If it's cold - a most a half dozen days of the year - you wear extra clothes. Consider that Southern China is right in line with Northern Philippines - it's balmy year-round.

That said, all the places I've been to in the East and North of China - Shanghai, Dalian, Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi and many more - heat is available in apartments and houses.

Oh, and they have plumbing too...