Wow!
I just heard on CCTV-9 that about 2,000,000 are stranded at railway stations around the country! The gov’t is trying to hand out instant noodles and bottled water to people who are stuck, while meanwhile urging migrant workers to stay where they are and not try to go home. A friend of mine, Karen, told me today that train ticket sales have been suspended in Shanghai because there is so much snow in the provinces peoplel want to go to that it’s impossible to get anywhere. A few trains that tried to make it broke down, because they were electrical. Other trains, like gas or coal fueled, had to come get them.