Though there’s still a week remaining before the Chinese Spring Festival, some of my friends who work in Beijing are already on their way back home - somewhere far, far away in Southern China. For most of them, this is the only chance to see their parents this year. They just can’t wait.

Greed is the root of all evil, and unfortunately, black-hearted drivers are still trying their best to make money from “Chunyun,” the annual mass homecoming. In this video news from Hunan TV, you can see eight people hidden in the luggage compartment of an overloaded long-distance bus. Why? The scarcity of legal tickets has become an excuse for bus drivers to moonlight as human trade transporters.