A fierce freeze-up this January showed how the weather could also bring paralysis, less economically damaging perhaps but awkward all the same over a great national holiday.

• 今年一月严重的冰冻灾害显示了天气是如何使局面瘫痪，造成了巨大的经济损失不说，还给全国热闹的春节带来了不小的尴尬。