3 Japs died in Great Wall Blizzard!

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By Tan Zongyang and Jin Haixing (China Daily)

08:17, November 05, 2012

Beijing issued its second-highest blizzard alert on November 4 after the Chinese capital saw an unusually early snowstorm.Source: AFP

Police clear a section of the Beijing-Tibet Highway Sunday near the northern suburbs of Beijing before taking people to safety. The snowstorm claimed the lives of three Japanese tourists in Hebei province. (Li Guangyin/China Daily)

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