It is the world's new superpower forced to a stand still. And the millions they are waiting and waiting with no way out, the young and the old of the desperate.

With each passing day, tensions rise, sometimes they spill over. But the army is here to marshal the migrant workers. Before years fuel the factories that make high streets cheap and now deny their one moment of freedom.

In this Weng Province there are 19 million migrant workers, so how desperate would you be if this was your warm holiday of the year. Well, this week no one is going anywhere.

Not much has moved in this massive country for days. The heaviest snow fall for 50 years has crippled communications and paralyzed power supplies, all these on the eve of the Chinese New Year when tens of millions go home to see their families. The situation so serious, but the prime minister has been out to calm the crowds. Apologizing and promising swift action.

But crowds this size made the Communist nervous. At the railway station, there are queues to join queues and growing frustration.

This man tells us he hasn't seen his wife and children for three years, fears he will miss them for a fourth. A couple say their wedding will be canceled when they think apart get home. Others will find behind lock gates, complaining they are been effectively imprisoned.

Tonight, more migrant workers will marsh to the station, but still there are no trains to catch no way home.
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