суббота, 3 марта 2012 г.

Winter Storm Chaos Grips China

Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers desperate to get home for the Chinese New Year shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside train stations Tuesday, as the worst winter storms in half a century paralyzed China.

One of the world's biggest annual mass movements of humanity _ a record 178.6 million people, more than the population of Russia _ were expected to travel by train for the holiday, according to railway officials' estimates.

Most of those stranded at train stations were migrant workers trying to leave booming southern Guangdong province _ often called the world's factory floor because it makes everything from Honda sedans to Apple iPods …

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