(MENAFN- Muscat Daily)
Blessed by palm-fringed beaches and balmy weather, the island province of Hainan is fast becoming known as 'China's Florida,' drawing masses of retirees fleeing the biting cold of their hometowns.
hailing from the capital of the polluted, frigid, rust belt province of heilongjiang on the siberian border, wang and her husband have migrated each winter to the hainan resort town of sanya for the past eight years. 'here we can breathe, and that warmth is better for our health,' said qi ningxia, a 60 year old asthma-sufferer from heilongjiang, who joined wang in waving brightly coloured fans in a group exercise- dance near the shore of the south china sea.