By Edward Lanfranco
The Washington Times
January 30, 2008
BEIJING — Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, with bullhorn in hand, offered early wishes for the Lunar New Year and apologies to marooned travelers as record-breaking winter storms paralyzed much of east, central and south China ahead of the holiday.
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An estimated 100 million to 300 million workers in China’s large cities travel to their hometowns over a monthlong period that officially begins Feb. 7 this year and is the Chinese equivalent of Christmas.
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Mr. Wen left Beijing Monday night bound for Changsha, the capital of southern Hunan province, one of the places hit hardest by winter storms.
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