Zeng Shuangquan (left) and his colleague Chen Jianhua clean the icy road with the height of over 5,000 meter altitude in Dege County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on April 23. Continuous snowfall paralyzed the Garze-Dege section of National Road 317, which links Sichuan and the neighboring Tibet Autonomous Region. The road was covered by snow over 50 cm in thickness, stranding many vehicles for hours (XINHUA) |