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 BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese are on the move. Hundreds of millions of people have clamored aboard cars, buses, planes and trains to return to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year in an annual event that stretches the country's transport system to near its breaking point.
The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, starts Sunday to usher in the Year of the Pig, but the Chinese have been boarding trains and planes for the last several weeks to go home for family reunions.
Airlines were expected to have run more than 4,000 flights during the two weeks leading up to New Year.
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