EPISODE · Feb 11, 2026 · 2 MIN
China’s Lunar New Year travel rush begins with record 9.5 billion trips expected
from Daily SumUp
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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