China:Worst snowstorm for 50 years, state media said as more than 50,000 people were mobilised to clear snow in the city

Cars covered with snow in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Northeastern China's biggest city of Harbin has been pummelled by its worst snowstorm for 50 years, state media said as more than 50,000 people were mobilised to clear snow in the city, the capital of Heilongjiang province, the official news agency Xinhua reported.