Emily Fang
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This torrent of travelers and the two-week run-up to the Lunar New Year has come to represent China's rapid urbanization and the hard work of people who work far from home.
Transportation authorities said travelers made about 3.5 billion trips during this year's Chunyun, or spring migration.
many made by people leaving cities to see parents in the countryside or to reunite with their partners after months of working apart.
Travelers posted videos of crowded train stations and airports, which have boosted the number of trips to accommodate the rush of people.
This torrent of travelers in the two-week run-up to the Lunar New Year has come to represent China's rapid urbanization and the hard work of people who work far from home.
Weeks after China's leader Xi Jinping met with the prime ministers from Canada and the United Kingdom, Beijing is welcoming tourists from those two countries to stay for up to 30 days without a visa.
Beijing has already extended this privilege to dozens of countries, often after hosting diplomatic visits with their leaders.
The United States is notably not among those countries, though a 10-year multiple entry tourist visa, agreed upon back in 2014 when U.S.-China ties were more tranquil, is still available between both countries.
and China plummeted during the COVID pandemic, and it's not yet rebounded.
Neither have educational exchanges.
students were studying in China the year before the pandemic, and now only a few hundred go each year.
Weeks after China's leader Xi Jinping met with the prime ministers from Canada and the United Kingdom, Beijing is welcoming tourists from those two countries to stay for up to 30 days without a visa.
Beijing has already extended this privilege to dozens of countries, often after hosting diplomatic visits with their leaders.
The United States is notably not among those countries, though a 10-year multiple-entry tourist visa, agreed upon back in 2014 when U.S.-China ties were more tranquil, is still available between both countries.