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Aren't there a bunch of lunar new years, though? I thought the Vietnamese and Chinese use the same one (Jan/Feb) and the Thais, Cambodians and Laotians have theirs a bit later (April?). There are probably other cultures I'm unaware of that also use a lunar new year of some sorts.
how many billion? >

Didn’t you know? China has a bajillion people >

Deja vu all over again. >

Funny... Ithink I saw this same story a few years ago... Just before the... Oh no.... Not again... >

If you care about your parents it is good idea to not visit them when Covid is still running rampant. >

Good luck with that. I'm on a bullet train in China right now and it's jam packed. >

Reddit would have you believe they're so comic-book level authoritarian yet they can't force their citizens to 'not go home'? Curious. Schrodinger's China strikes again. >

They could ostensibly stop all travel by cancelling trains, reinstating health code requirements, etc, but the would just be introducing another lockdown which would hurt the economy. >

Isn't the proper term Lunar New Year? 🌚