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Riding the Rails for Crazy Prices

File this under crazy (h/t to Zhongnanhai). A couple weeks back we blogged about the announcement of the new overnight high speed D trains connecting Beijing and Shanghai and speculated that the price would remain similar to what it is now (or only be... ...full story at Modern Lei Feng

from Modern Lei Feng on Mon, Jan 12 2009

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