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Beijing Embraces Car-Free Day in Traffic Jams

With the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period in full-swing, Beijing traffic has come to a standstill, even as the city promoted a “car-free day” on Wednesday. From China Daily: “I don’t think you will see a traffic jam in Beijing– as long as you get up at 3:00 a.m. in the morning to go to work,” said a microblog post by netizen “Shawn125