{"id":14706,"date":"2013-01-05T02:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T02:01:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-01-05T02:01:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T02:01:27","slug":"Thousands-stuck-in-China-airport-as-country-freezes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14706","title":{"rendered":"Thousands stuck in China airport as country freezes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thousands of angry passengers were stranded after heavy fog delayed flights at a Chinese airport early on today, as the country was shivering through its coldest weather in almost three decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ten thousand passengers were stuck in Changshui International Airport in the southern Chinese city of Kunming on Saturday morning after thick fog grounded more than 280 flights, state-run Xinhua news agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Angry passengers stranded at the airport for more than a day struggled with airline staff, damaging computer equipment belonging to an airline, 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