Zhengzhou Train Station, January 14, 2019 (Photo by Matthew Chitwood)
Dispatch from China
Homage to a Slow Train

After this Chinese New Year, the largest human migration on earth will never be the same again—and it’s not because of coronavirus.

Appeared in: Volume 15, Number 5 | Published on: February 8, 2020
Matthew Chitwood is a researcher of rural issues and for the past two years lived in a remote village in Yunnan, China, on fellowship with the Institute of Current World Affairs.
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