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Death and destruction after China snow

Updated on 28 January 2008

By Lindsey Hilsum

The worst snowfall in over a decade in Central, Eastern and Southern China has killed 21 people and is causing havoc on the Chinese stock markets.

Brutal conditions in recent days have collapsed homes, snapped power lines and destroyed crops across China.

Heavy snows have meant that coal supplies are at crisis levels, paralysing business for energy companies.

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