The rabbit goes and the rabbit comes Dragon. This Friday, the Chinese are celebrating the first year of change to reasonable normality since rumors of a strange incident. lung inflammation inside Wuhan. Nobody remembers this place coronavirus On the eve of the lucky meatballs and the rest of the huge dinner, fireworks or corny television premiere to scare away evil spirits.
new year begins Spring Festival inside Chinese, It forms the central massif of the 40-day period, or chunyun. It’s a kind of Christmas in much of Asia, with family gatherings, downplaying scale, and secular traditions that developmentalism has failed to erode.
The country is experiencing these days largest annual migration of the planet. It’s a label that’s long since worn after forty years. This phenomenon was born in the economic opening with the global factory role, which required the transfer of labor from the rural hinterlands to the vibrant cities on the east coast. there is china almost 300 million mingong or labor migrants These days, they are eager to return home to reunite with their families, probably for the only time of the year. You’ll be back in the new year one way or another, yes or no. And in this exercise the maximum number of trips will be recorded. The current 9 billion exceeds pre-pandemic figures and triples last year’s figures. China later ended its zero covid policy, and with the dams bursting, the virus spread without restriction in an untouched population. Precaution, not restrictions, reduced the exit process.
Low ticket supply
Even an admirable transportation structure like China cannot accommodate this migration of workers and students without any problems. In 2010, purchasing tickets via computer put an end to crowds at train stations, unbearable waits at dealers, and misfortunes. However, many people now regret that there is a shortage of tickets on demand despite additional trips. Also it’s not weird temporary Attack the operation. This year too, there were plenty of extreme weather events. snow The decline in the center of the country caused hundreds of trains and flights to be canceled and traffic on the roads to slow down. One driver complained in local media after being locked in his car for three days and still hundreds of kilometers away from his destination.
Interior designer Liu Yang had to pay three times as much for a plane ticket as a train ticket from Beijing to Harbin to meet his father in the cold capital of Heilongjiang province, which borders Russia. Embody an annual tradition that millions of Chinese people will follow: “We will clean to purify the house and throw away old and damaged garbage to make room for happiness and other good things to come. We will cook jiaozi (steamed dumplings) together and have dinner with gala television in the background,” she says.
economy thermometer
With the closing of the pandemic chapter, the bill is now worrying. economy Last year it grew by 5.2%; This was an enviable development for all countries except China, and the desired recovery is yet to be recorded. Government stopped publishing statistics youth unemployment After reaching the peak, domestic demand does not increase and global appetite decreases. In this sad environment, these holidays are understood as the thermometer of the economy.
The volume of trips suggests that the drama is not as spectacular as they make it out to be: If they travel, it’s because they have money to spend. Or perhaps the urge to reunite with those closest to you is stronger. “We hit rock bottom in October but have recovered recently. After years of uncontrolled expansion, architecture is experiencing a necessary correction,” adds Liu, who works in the sector that most faithfully reflects economic health. “But I’ll think about it next week. You should leave your worries outside the house tomorrow to maintain the atmosphere of happiness,” he concludes.