China: The Great 2011 Migration

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Waiting at the Beijing Railway Station
With an increasingly affluent middle class, chunyun tourism is also on the rise. Air travel during the holiday has grown too, estimated to hit a staggering 19.3 million passengers this week, up 9.4% from last year.

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