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Luo Miao plays ping-pong with her fellow factory workers, trying to get her mind off her family who will be spending this Lunar New Year without her.

Luo and more than 120,000 other factory workers in and around this southern Chinese industrial town were unable to board trains and get home for the annual holiday, also called "Spring Festival," which began on Thursday.

It is the only time all year that the factory workers can leave their jobs and spend time with their families, who live hundreds of miles away. Read full article »

All About China • Guangzhou • Winter Weather