From Shanghaiist:
When you buy a transportation card in Shanghai‰∫§ÈÄöÂç° or jiao tong ka, you have to make an RMB 30 “deposit”. So for example, if you give a RMB 100 note when you buy your card, it will only be credited with RMB 70.
According to today’s Shanghai Daily, there are 15 million transport cards in use in Shanghai. Yes, that makes RMB 450 million (although China Radio International uses different math) in the pockets of the Shanghai Public Transportation Card Corp…[Full Text]
