A migrant worker holds his train ticket in
his mouth as he stands in a queue on a platform at Shanghai Train
Station January 28, 2008. The snow has struck as tens of millions
of Chinese crowd home to celebrate the Spring Festival, or Lunar
New Year, which starts on February 7 this year, an annual migration
that strains train and plane services at the best of times.
[Agencies]
Repairmen work to restore power supply after
it was cut by a rare snowstorm in Xuancheng, East China's Anhui
Province. Wild winter weather across China crippled energy and
transport, and caused roughly 3 billion US dollars of economic
loss. [Xinhua]
A man clears snow from a car in Nanjing, East
China's Jiangsu Province, January 28, 2008, after the city was hit
by the heaviest snowfall since 1961. Wild winter weather across
China crippled energy and transport, and caused roughly 3 billion
US dollars of economic loss. [Xinhua]
Women walk past the lanterns as snow falls in
downtown Shanghai,January 28, 2008. Wild winter weather across
China crippled energy and transport, and caused roughly 3 billion
US dollars of economic loss. [Agencies]
Trees are covered by snow on the street of
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province January 28, 2008. The city of Nanjing was
hit by the heaviest snowstorm since 1961. Wild winter weather
across China crippled energy and transport, and caused roughly 3
billion US dollars of economic loss. [Xinhua]
(China Daily January 29, 2008)
