China's many useful plants include bamboo, ginseng, angelica and fritillary. China's climate ranges from bitterly cold to unbearably hot, and a whole lot in between. The central Yangzi River valley area also experiences extreme seasonal temperatures. In the far south, the hot and humid summer lasts from April to September and, as in north China, coincides with the rainy season. Typhoons can hit the south-east coast between July and September.
Winters here are as formidably cold as in the rest of northern China.
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