Wow :: China is on the move again

Yes, it is this time of year - many hundreds of millions of people have set out on a more or less exhausting journey by train, plane, bus, car, motorcycle or even foot to celebrate Chinese New Year with their families.

To visualize the spectacular traffic inferno, Chinese search giant Baidu has posted this interactive, updating map of the largest annual migration online.

The graphic traces the trips of individual travellers by using the internet portal's smartphone app and other apps that allow for location positioning. The company's migration graph also contains data for individual cities, airports and train stations and thus can support transportation authorities in making plans for the next year.

On Tuesday, Baidu representative Kaiser Kuo told AP:

'You're basically looking at the serious intensity of travel in this holiday. It's not just the world's biggest human migration, it's the biggest mammalian migration. It's a sight to behold. It's quite miraculous that nothing goes terribly wrong.'

Isn't it an incredible sight indeed?

Screenshot Baidu

Oh, and not to forget:

A very happy New Year of the Sheep or the Goat or whatever to all of you!!!