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China Braces for New Year Travel Rush

The Chinese New Year sees hundreds of millions return to their hometowns, placing an enormous strain on transport networks that are frequently already stretched. Many will take home partners to meet the parents, but the others’ significance is not always what it seems; and the trip poses particular challenges to poor economic migrants, even as more and more families are separated by work. MSN