The New Year is a holiday where sometimes people cover big distances to meet with family, friends to celebrate it together. Wherever you live, you can buy a ticket on a train, plane, ship and to get to your destination. Anywhere, but not in China. In this country, to get on the train (the most accessible means of transport) in January will be very problematic, even if you have a ticket. After seeing the photos you will understand what that means.
As a Chinese, I can confirm that these photos are absolutely true. And this happens in most of the cities (because ppl are heading home from the cities). I was in this like 20 years ago but later I changed to planes for travelling.
And now, I'm heading Canada, just like the dude said above, it's going to be a hell lot more space there
The problem is, ppl living in the country tend to have more babies, while ppl in the cities tend to have only one nowadays. Since the ppl living in the country are poor, they can't travel by plane, and had to squeeze into the trains like this. Said fact is, they don't want to have less babies so they can offer better life to them with a lower cost. This way, they stay poor and packed, for as long as they don't realize the real problem.
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And now, I'm heading Canada, just like the dude said above, it's going to be a hell lot more space there
The problem is, ppl living in the country tend to have more babies, while ppl in the cities tend to have only one nowadays. Since the ppl living in the country are poor, they can't travel by plane, and had to squeeze into the trains like this. Said fact is, they don't want to have less babies so they can offer better life to them with a lower cost. This way, they stay poor and packed, for as long as they don't realize the real problem.