Snow-stricken trains creak back to normal in China (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 01/31/2008 - 9:14pm

Stranded train passengers sleep outside a railway station in China's southern city of Shenzhen February 1, 2008.<br /><br />Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages and millions more were stranded by snow ahead of what for some is the only holiday of the year.<br /><br />(Bobby Yip/Reuters)Reuters - China's snow-stricken railways were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.




 

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