taxis

globalvoicesonline.org — A new wave of strikes are taking place in China. This time it is not among rural migrant workers working in sweatshops, but among drivers and employees in the urban public transportation sector. It indicates how inflation and soaring costs are affecting city dwellers whose living standards keep depreciating.

www.fcproductions.net — For the most part I’ve been pretty lucky in China…well, except for getting deported, requiring 25 stitches in my face thanks to Chinese hospitality, nearly getting my juggular cut by a crazed Chinese female. OK, actually, I haven’t really been that lucky at all.

www.maskofchina.com — "...luckily they had read from the a Shanghai guidebook which stated that a taxi into the city should cost about 150RMB and he negotiated that price. Of course, that is rarely the end of the dramatics in China. Once they reached the city, the taxi driver conveniently 'forgot' where the hotel was and demanding more money because he would have to drive around-keep in mind this was a hotel very close to the Bund and Nanjing road, the tourist centres of Shanghai. Although tired, my friends got out of the cab and walked away..."