Lunar New Year: the Chinese left ‘trapped and helpless’ overseas

Yang, a Chinese national working in Singapore for more than a decade, usually flies back to her hometown of Wuhan in central China every year to celebrate the Lunar New Year with her family. But this is the second straight year she will give her annual pilgrimage a miss.“It is a very sad feeling to not be able to ring in the new year with my family and friends back home,” said the 29-year-old, who works in the education industry. “And it’s worse not knowing when I can see them next.”Last year,…

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