China’s Lunar New Year travel rush begins; 9.5 billion trips expected

BEIJING — Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from Beijing, where he works in construction. He’s one of the hundreds of millions expected to travel to their hometowns as part of the world’s largest movement of humanity, or “chunyun” as it’s called in China, ahead of the Lunar New Year on Feb. 17. “Things feel worse this year than last. The economy is bad and it’s getting harder to make money,” he said. Liu chose a slower train to save money: a high-speed train […]... Keep on reading: China’s Lunar New Year travel rush begins; 9.5 billion trips expected