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Since mid-January, heavy snows have fallen over vast areas of China, which incurred an estimated $10-billion direct economic loss throughout the central-eastern-southern parts.According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, as of January 31, disasters caused by falling temperatures, wet and freezing weather have affected nearly two thirds of China's total landmass, killing atleast 60.