Imagethief, who has been subjected to the depravities of Beijing's taxi drivers more times than he cares to remember, was elated to see the following stern article from Xinhua this weekend: Smelly taxis warned to tarnish Beijing's image in... ...full story at Imagethief
from Imagethief on Mon, Mar 05 2007
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| 08 Mar 07 |
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The Donkey Taxi of Kashgar, Xinjiang »
YouTube video In Kashgar, a desert city at the far end of China, donkey carts are
still being used as taxis. The donkey taxis run on the same streets
as automobiles, tractors, and pedestrians. Drivers seem to know how
to overtake donkey taxis without slowing down. ... |
| 06 Mar 07 |
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Imagethief on BBC - the interview that China didn't want you to hear » Imagethief You'd think they'd have bigger fish to fry. It's just taxis, fer chrissake. At any rate, here is the interview I did on Beijing's smelly taxis with BBC Radio Five's "Pods and Blogs" program this morning (RealAudio link), despite the government's... |
| 28 Jul 09 |
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Taxi drivers on strike over low income in E China city » People's Daily Two thirds of the 3,329 taxis in east China's Wenzhou City stopped business Tuesday morning, and dozens of cabbies were smashed as their drivers refused to join in the strike. Taxi drivers told Xinhua said they were protesting against low incomes... |
| 16 Aug 08 |
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Wa goingt? » Shanghai Daily BEIJING'S taxi drivers have been disappointed to find that their hard-earned skills haven't got them very far. Taxi drivers worried for months as they struggled to memorise phrases and pass required tests in English... |
| 06 Mar 07 |
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A most peculiar conversation makes Imagethief paranoid » Imagethief Imagethief is sometimes surprised at which posts drive the big discussions. I certainly didn't expect yesterday's throwaway on smelly taxis to be quite the lightning rod that it has been. But has it got me in trouble with the state? I ask because... |
| 11 Oct 07 |
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Smoking to be banned in Shanghai taxis » People's Daily SHANGHAI: A new campaign to ban smoking in taxis is part of a wider push to clean up the city's image before the 2010 World Expo. The Shanghai Dazhong Taxi, a taxi company, said drivers found smoking in their cabs could "possibly" be fin ... |
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