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Millions of Chinese Wrestle with Lunar New Year Dilemma – SCMP

Many people face the prospect of spending a second year away from their families over the holiday break because of concern about catching Covid-19


China Lunar New Year
China's Lunar New Year break normally sees the world’s largest annual movement of people, but many are now weighing the risk of travelling during the pandemic. Photo: Reuters.

 

Jason Zhao has been wrestling with a dilemma that millions of other Chinese workers who moved to the big cities have been agonising over: whether to travel home for the upcoming Lunar New Year, the South China Morning Post reported.

Many people are facing the prospect of sending a second year away from their families over the holiday because of Covid-19.

Read the full report: South China Morning Post

 

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.