Even in the best of conditions, the period around China's lunar new year holiday poses immense logistical challenges. Tens of millions of people-students, white-collar city-dwellers and rural migrant workers-head home for family reunions. This year, sadly, conditions could hardly be worse. Severe weather in much of the country has disrupted air, road and rail transport, causing dozens of deaths and leaving millions of travellers stranded.
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