China’s Midea dispatches 20,000 air conditioners in race to cool heat-stricken France

Chinese home appliance giant Midea says it has rushed production and shipment of 20,000 air conditioners to France in just seven days to meet soaring demand fuelled by the intense heatwave across Europe. To speed up output, Midea doubled capacity to 6,000 portable air conditioners per day by opening a new production line on July 7, completing manufacturing of all 20,000 units in just three and a half days, the Foshan, Guangdong-based firm said in a statement on Monday. The company added it...