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| (China Daily) |
The region's cold snap has affected 770,000 people. Its icy weather has killed two people and 180,000 heads of livestock. About 260,000 people have required emergency aid, and more than 3,700 have been evacuated, Xinhua News Agency reports.
Most Inner Mongolia residents agree long underwear are necessary, no matter how unsightly it might be.
"I had to wear layers upon layers when I was a kid," Song says.
"You can imagine how ugly it was."
Song doesn't even wear trousers or jeans in Beijing's winter, even though temperatures in the region this season have plummeted to a 42-year-low average of -7.4 C.
Instead, Song wears skirts with leggings. She doesn't see a need to wear qiuku in the city, she says. The international media outlet executive lives near a subway stop, and her well-heated office is in Beijing's central business district.
Song says she can endure a few minutes outside, clad in two layers of leggings, tall boots, sweaters and a long down coat.
She wears this same set when she returns to her frosty hometown, she says.
"Every place I go there has good heating," she says.
"Leggings have similar warming abilities. So, why would I wear qiuku?"
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