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moving 188 million qui bougent!

"Catching Train" by Sheng Qi as seen in Shanghai's  www.andrewjamesart.com

"Catching Train" by Sheng Qi as seen in Shanghai's www.andrewjamesart.com

Selon les autorités chinoises, c’est le nombre de chinois (six fois la population du Canada, trois fois celle de la France) qui prennent le train vers chez eux pour la fête du printemps ou nouvel an lunaire (jour de l’an le 26 janvier 2009). Si vous n’êtes pas assez vernis, vous entrerez dans le train comme montré dans la tableau du peintre Sheng Qi. (Son exposition se trouve dans la charmante gallerie Andrew James Art au centre ville de Shanghai.) Billet en mains, je me comptais parmi les favorisés. À la gare Shanghai Sud, je me suis émerveillé par sa pavillon qui a l’air d’une aérogare. Ouf ! Cette heure de point dure 40 jours!

According to Chinese authorities, as many as 188 million (six times the population of Canada) Chinese travel home for the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year (Jan 26, 2009). The unfortunate ones might have to jump on the trains as depicted in Sheng Qi’s work ”Catching train”, currently on exhibit at Andrew James Art in Shanghai. I was among the luckier ones who could marvel at the airport-like lobby of Shanghai South Railway Station, with a seat on the train home. This rush hour lasts 40 days!

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