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A glimpse of Beijing traffic under normal, non-news-making circumstances.

Here in Los Angeles, we know gridlock and frankly we’re not impressed by what most people call “traffic,” but the Chinese are taking things to an extreme. China says a nine-day, 60-mile-long traffic jam is finally breaking up.

During the fiasco, there were complaints that locals set up roadside shops and overcharged for refreshments. To think the U.S. once felt obliged to defend capitalism from these people.

BBC:

Vehicles, mostly lorries bound for Beijing, are in a queue for about 100km (62 miles) because of heavy traffic, road works and breakdowns.

The drivers have complained that locals were over-charging them for food and drink while they were stuck.

The situation has now “basically returned to normal,” state television said on Monday.

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By ejreed, August 24, 2010 at 10:30 am Link to this comment

China: Stuck in Traffic Jam for Nine Days
Chinese state media reported that China’s Beijing-Tibet Highway, where a massive traffic jam had lasted for nine days and slowed traffic to a snail’s pace, had “returned to normal” on Tuesday.
http://www.newslook.com/videos/244104-china-stuck-in-traffic-jam-for-nine-days?autoplay=true

think The day the earth stood still.

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By rollzone, August 23, 2010 at 10:18 pm Link to this comment

hello. the numbers are higher, but this resembles being
trapped by a blizzard, and being cut off for days: and
some dying from the cold. it gives new meaning to stock
on hand, and opportunistic price gouging. where are the
flying cars?

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