China Focus: NE China ice and snow proving a magnet for travelers

SHENYANG, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Once she arrived in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Shi Lei discovered immediately that she couldn't resist the lure of the snow, as she found herself flushing due to both excitement and the winter cold.

"When I looked down from the plane, I saw the land coated in white, which looked so magical," said the woman from Shanghai, a metropolis in east China locat