Comments on: Millions of people going home within a week every year

By: Jichuan

Jichuan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:02:00 +0000

Nice to meet you too, American mom. :D
Yes, I should mention Beijing besides those cities in the southeastern part of China. Since there are thousands of people working in Beijing coming from other cities, a huge quantity of them will leave there during the holiday time.

By: American Mom

American Mom — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:19:29 +0000

Hello Jichuan,

Nice to meet you! :-)

Our daughter has been living in Beijing.

By: Jichuan

Jichuan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:17:25 +0000

An American western ghost town...LOL
Anyway, I still remember my university is usually almost "empty" during the winter vacation especially in Spring Festival.

I guess your daughter may live in a city at southeastern part of China. If you go to some other cities at southwestern part of China, such as Chongqing or Chengdu, you'll find it will be more crowded in the Chinese new year. :)

By: American Mom

American Mom — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:28:56 +0000

Aw Guo...... I have enjoyed reading the ifgogo blog the past year. We have a daughter who lives and works in China (3 years). She really loves living in China, the culture and the people. We also have a Chinese student who lives with us. We feel a connection to the Chinese people.
We were very saddened last year hearing the news of the tragic earthquake. We celebrated with China during the Olympic games. And now, we too are preparing to celebrate Chinese New Year!
Our daughter emailed us about how eerily quiet the streets, buses and trains are now that many students have gone home for Chinese New Year. She compared it to an American western ghost town. She will be celebrating New Year with friends.
Our Chinese student will celebrate New Year with us and our families, showing us how to make traditional Chinese dumplings.
Mmmm-mmm!!

We wish you and all your families peace, joy, and happiness!
(And THANK YOU for this blog! Love the zoo pics too)

By: Cat Chen

Cat Chen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:38:51 +0000

No... they do that everyday I guess.

Shinkansen works as daily use inter-city transport. And some Europe countries also have inter-city railroad systems for daily use.

By: iPin

iPin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:12:55 +0000

Good English skill! Jia You!

By: Aw Guo

Aw Guo — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:14:44 +0000

Do Japanese people need to rush home within a week yearly like us? I know little about them...

By: Aw Guo

Aw Guo — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:13:44 +0000

Okay, and I voted for China Southern Airline too according to your reviews! Maybe we could ask them as a sponsor? lol ...

By: Cat Chen

Cat Chen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:38:04 +0000

Two questions:

1.Japan is even crowded than China. Why their railroad system doesn't suck?

2.If Chinese railroad ticket prices are more flexible like flight ticket prices, what will happen? You should notice that, Chinese railroad ticket prices now are unofficially flexible.

By: Cat Chen

Cat Chen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:30:19 +0000

Just blame the Chinese railroad system!

I only take Guang-Shen line and Jing-Jin line as acceptable modernized high-speed railroad. The others? They are just far behind the modern Chinese economic system. Let's say, Japan has Shinkansen(新幹線) since 1964. Modern Chinese economic system can't even match Japanese of 1964? I don't think so.

I won't spend a penny on Chinese railroad system except those two specific lines. I vote for China Southern Airline with my own money.