links for 2008-01-30

• China works to limit snow-inflicted chaos ahead of Spring Festival_English_Xinhua
  Guangzhou stopped selling railway tickets and announced that tickets previously purchased could be returned without a service charge. However, most passengers have been reluctant to return their tickets, hoping that railway operations would resume soon.
  (tags: china guangzhou weather)
• Premier Wen rushes to Hunan Province to direct disaster relief work _English_Xinhua
  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has rushed to Hunan to help with the central China province's disaster relief work following an unprecedented snowfall. (GZE2 - Key word...RUSHED)
  (tags: china weather guangzhou)
• Migrant workers advised to stay in cities for Spring Festival amid heavy snow_English_Xinhua
  Inclement weather has led authorities in south China's Guangdong Province to advise millions of migrants to stay in the cities where they work during the upcoming Spring Festival (GZE2 - our aiyee will have nothing to do with that)
  (tags: china weather guangzhou)
• FT.com / World - New year crisis hits China
  “Urgently mobilise and work as one to wage this tough battle against disaster,” (GZE2 - Ahhh...a good commie phrase helps in times like these)
  (tags: china weather guangzhou)