Chinesische Wanderarbeiter Paar auf ihrem Weg zurück zum Frühlingsfest (auch als Chinesisches Neujahr) werden auf ein Motorrad auf der Straße in der Nähe von Meizho gesehen
Chinese migrant worker couple on their way back for the Spring Festival (also called Chinese New Year) are seen on a motorbike on the road near Meizhou city, south Chinas Guangdong province, 2 February 2013. Increasingly more migrant workers are riding motorbikes home from Guangdong for the annual holiday. In 2010, 100, 000 people rode home for the Lunar New Year holiday, local media reported. The figure doubled to 200, 000 in 2011 and doubled again to 400, 000 last year. Most of the bikes carry two migrant workers, sometimes with a child wedged between them, all equipped with safety helmets, bulky outerwear, leather gloves and knee pads for the long, cold ride home. As migrant workers find it too hard to buy a train ticket and too costly to travel home by plane, coach or high-speed train, motorcycles have become the transport of choice for many workers, especially those from neighbouring provinces such as Hunan, Guangxi and Jiangxi - within a 2, 000-kilometre radius of Guangdong.
