China Bakes at 143°F: Roads Explode, Cars Ignite, Shrimp in Water Cooked (opens in new tab)

Guangdong is so hot\. Guangdong is so stuffy\! It's that explosive, suffocating kind of heat\! It's only the end of May and it's already 35°C\! Hotter than Africa and the Flaming Mountains\! You don't even need to go outside\. The moment you open a window, it's like boiling water turns into ten thousand needles and gets shoved into every pore of your body\. You can barely breathe\! It's so muggy that wearing a T-shirt and shorts doesn't even solve the problem\. I'm literally sweating buckets ...