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Hybrid taxis and other taxi-related news

by Paul Pennay, image by Simon Lim According to a recent article in The Beijing Evening News and translated here, 50 new Chery A5 hybrid taxis are now in service across Beijing. The Beijinger photographer Simon Lim caught this photo of one of the new... ...full story at The Beijinger

from The Beijinger on Fri, Jul 04 2008

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