Chinese New Year Plays Out Differently For The Haves And Have-Nots
Friday marks the start of the Lunar New Year. The way people celebrate — or choose not to celebrate — can reflect the economic divide in the world's second largest economy.
by Yuhan Xu
Feb 16, 2018
3 minutes
Friday marks the start of the Lunar New Year, which Chinese around the world are ringing in with the week-long Spring Festival.
The way people celebrate — or choose not to celebrate — reflects the divide between the haves and the have-nots in the world's second largest economy.
Here are a few points to consider:
Family reunions are a tradition of Chinese New Year. For many of the country's rural migrants(translated as "Spring Festival Transportation") is the largest human migration on Earth. An estimated are expected to be made using public transportation between Feb. 1 and March 12.
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