 | Passengers are checked by a station worker at the gate of the Shanghai Station Wednesday Jan. 30, 2008 in snowy Shanghai, China. Shanghai saw fresh snowfall Wednesday as the impact of unusually wintry weather deepened, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the country's booming economy. With many regions facing severe shortfalls, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan repeated calls for coal suppliers and railways to ensure adequate coal supplies to utilities. click to open  |
 | Passengers wait for their trains outside the Shanghai Station snowy Wednesday Jan. 30, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai saw fresh snowfall Wednesday as the impact of unusually wintry weather deepened, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the country's booming economy. With many regions facing severe shortfalls, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan repeated calls for coal suppliers and railways to ensure adequate coal supplies to utilities. click to open |
 | A young traveler waits for his train outside the Shanghai Station snowy Wednesday Jan. 30, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai saw fresh snowfall Wednesday as the impact of unusually wintry weather deepened, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the country's booming economy. With many regions facing severe shortfalls, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan repeated calls for coal suppliers and railways to ensure adequate coal supplies to utilities. click to open |
 | People stand in line to buy train tickets outside the Shanghai Station snowy Wednesday Jan. 30, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Shanghai saw fresh snowfall Wednesday as the impact of unusually wintry weather deepened, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the country's booming economy. With many regions facing severe shortfalls, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan repeated calls for coal suppliers and railways to ensure adequate coal supplies to utilities. click to open |
 | Chinese military policemen keep order as passengers arrive at the Shanghai train station. China has dispatched the army to help millions of people stranded by snowstorms that have caused transport gridlock, crippled power distribution and left many towns and villages short on supplies. click to open |
 | Chinese workers remove snow from Shanghai's historic Bund district. Premier Wen Jiabao has rushed to oversee disaster relief as China buckled under its harshest winter for half a century, which has affected tens of millions of people and paralysed many areas. click to open |
 | A Chinese security guard checks grafitti written on snow on Shanghai's historic Bund area after heavy snowfalls hit the city on Jan 29, 2008. Don't tell the thousands of Chinese stuck at railway stations or airports, but the chaos caused by a vicious cold spell afflicting much of China could be just a taste of things to come, experts say. click to open |
 | A paramilitary policeman takes care of an infant as the parents wait to enter the Shanghai Railway Station January 29, 2008. Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were stranded by snow that has blanketed parts of central and southern China. Picture taken January 29, 2008. click to open |
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