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Holidaymakers pack Shanghai railway station as Lunar New Year travel rush gets under way in China
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Crowds of travellers packed Shanghai’s Hongqiao railway station to travel home in time for the Lunar New Year celebration, which starts on February 1, 2022. The festival is celebrated across China with family reunions and dinners and typically brings the biggest annual human migration on Earth. But until this year many passengers have not been allowed…
China’s delivery workers standby for last-minute orders during the Lunar New Year holiday
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Lunar New Year is China’s most important festival, when most people travel long distances for family reunions. But not everyone is able to celebrate the holiday with family. Among them are delivery workers, who have to be on standby to provide last-minute service to urban consumers. Related story: Tens of millions of Chinese wrestle with…
China ushers in Year of the Tiger with lights, parades and traditional Lunar New Year celebrations
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Celebrations have been held across China to usher in the Year of the Tiger. On the eve of the Spring Festival marking the start of the Chinese zodiac year on January 31, 2022, cultural activities and traditional dances were held in provinces across the country, along with government-organised parades and light shows. Even astronauts in China’s…
Thais turn to crocodile meat as pricey pork pulls pig off the menu for Lunar New Year feasts
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube As pork prices skyrocket ahead of Lunar New Year, many Thais are turning to an alternative white meat – crocodile. The country’s crocodile farms, which used to export to Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, are now finding growing demand for the tasty but tough meat at home. On average, some 20,000 crocodiles are now slaughtered for…
China’s Omicron outbreaks dampening Lunar New Year travels
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Typically the world’s largest annual human migration, China’s Lunar New Year holiday is expecting traffic to be well below pre-pandemic numbers. Chinese residents made 3 billion trips around the Spring Festival season in 2019.Travellers are expected to make an estimated 1.18 billion trips over the 40-day period, a 36 per cent increase on 2021 figures, according…
Beijing records first local case of Omicron ahead of Winter Olympics and Lunar New Year
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Beijing has recorded its first case involving the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Chinese capital’s first locally transmitted case of the new strain of the virus that causes Covid-19 was reported on January 15, 2022, as a throng of local transmission chains was being found throughout the country with only weeks to go before the…
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