Swathes of the Wuchang rice crop in north China have been wiped out China's summer this year has seen ... climate change urgently, it need look no further than its own statistics.

The East Asian summer monsoon (EASM ... starting with the pre-Meiyu season in southern China in mid-May, progressing into the Meiyu season (known as Baiu in Japan and Changma in Korea) from ...