Minitrue: Migrant Mother Killed in Beijing Subway
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
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Beijing Bans Halloween Costumes on Subway
In preparation for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the Beijing...
81 Sentenced for Terrorism as Incident Rattles Beijing
Following a series of deadly attacks attributed to Uyghur extremists, 81 people in China have been...
Why Talk of Subway Ticket Prices Is Banned in Beijing
While Chinese sites are scrubbed of posts on anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam and pre-Tiananmen...
China’s Building Push Goes Underground
As China continues to urbanize, policymakers are planning to build more subways in cities to...
Photo Essay: An Entire Day on the Beijing Subway
A photo essay at Vice by Oscar Holland and Lukas von Rantzau shows an entire day on Line 2 of Beijing’s subway, from the first train to the last: 5:05 AM – The doors to the first train open. “Welcome to Subway Line...
China Metro Train Derails in Test Run
As China continues to work on its high-speed railways amid concerns over corruption, a subway train derailed during a test run in Kunming leaving a driver dead and injuring another, from AFP: The first carriage of the train ran...
China Approves Series of Infrastructure Projects
Aiming to boost its economy, China has recently approved huge budget allocations for railway and subway projects. From Reuters: China has approved construction of two city subway projects worth 49 billion yuan ($7.87 billion),...
Directives from the Ministry of Truth: Beijing Floods
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Shanghai Rail Commuters Get Onboard With a Prayer
At Bloomberg’s World View blog, Adam Minter describes reactions to the recent Metro accident in Shanghai, where many, for all their reservations, have little choice but to keep riding the subway and hope for the best. As...
Shanghai Metro Crash Injures More Than 200 [Updated]
One train on Shanghai Metro’s problem-plagued Line 10 apparently ran into another as it waited at a station. Over 200 were injured, three (update: around 20) seriously, but no fatalities have been reported. Signal failure...
10% of Escalators on Beijing Subway Line Fail Safety Checks
A dozen escalators—more than 10% of the total—have been recalled from stations along Beijing’s Yizhuang subway line, which opened in late December. Inspections were prompted by the death of a 13-year-old and...
“How I Was Treated on the Subway While Doing Fieldwork as a Migrant Worker”
Sociologist and ethnographer Trica Wang recounts the experience of riding the Beijing subway disguised as a migrant worker while conducting fieldwork: I was dressed to blend in with Yang Jie, so I looked like a migrant street...
Clash of Subways and Car Culture in Chinese Cities
Efforts to build and expand subway lines under major Chinese cities, such as Guangzhou, have become a race against rapid urban expansion and the purchasing power of a growing middle class whose members desire private cars as...
Death Toll in China Subway Cave-In Rises to 7
From AP: The death toll from the cave-in of a subway tunnel under construction in eastern China rose to seven Monday, while new cracks near the site raised worries of further collapses, state media and local authorities said....
Death Toll of Subway Tunnel Collapse in E China City Rises to Three, 17 Others Missing
From Xinhua: A 75-meter-long section of the subway tunnel under construction in the provincial capital of Zhejiang collapsed at 3:20 p.m. Saturday, trapping workers and creating a huge crater where 11 vehicles were trapped....
Coming Soon: Beijing Subway Line 8
David Feng at CNReviews explains the ins and outs of the soon-to-open Line 8 in Beijing’s subway system. This will be the line to take to get to the main Olympic venues in Beijing. The Olympic line was originally designed...
Beijing Puts Sniffer Dogs on Subway – AP
Beijing puts police dogs to help check fireworks on subway, from AP via ABC News: Dogs that can detect fireworks and other explosive substances have started making regular checks at Beijing’s subway stations ahead of the Olympics, state media reported Wednesday. …Eight dogs were patrolling five subway stations, including ones close to Tiananmen Square in […]
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