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China New Year travel slumps amid coronavirus curbs Feb 12, 2021 | Business By Muyu Xu and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) – The number of people who travelled in China ahead of Lunar New Year plummeted from two years ago as coronavirus restrictions curbed the world’s largest annual domestic migration. The seven-day celebration, which kicked off on Thursday, is China’s most important national holiday and is usually marked by big family reunions. Millions of workers traditionally travel – sometimes thousands of kilometres from Beijing and other major cities – to their hometowns in remote regions. Data from the Ministry of...
