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Chinese New Year celebrations underway

Chinese New Year celebrations underway
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Millions of people across Asia are starting to celebrate the lunar New Year to welcome in the year of the sheep, although there is some arguments

Millions of people across Asia are starting to celebrate the
lunar New Year to welcome in the year of the sheep, although there is some arguments over translation so it could be the year of the goat.

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Across China hundreds of millions of people are traveling home in what is considered to be the world’s biggest annual human migration.

State media calculates that around three billion trips will be made by train, boat, plane and car over the 40-day period.

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