With Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) just two days away, migrant workers and students have been pouring out of China's capital. As these photos show, bustling Beijing has become something of a ghost town.
Beijing is a ghost town as thousands leave for Chinese New Year (Photos)
By Tamia Tang, January 29, 2014
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