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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 26 > All aboard in China? Not without a ticket, and good luck with that

All aboard in China? Not without a ticket, and good luck with that

By Barbara Demick / The Bulletin
January 26, 2009

WUHAN, China — Railroad tickets are a dangerous business in China.

Retired military man Wang Hanlin opened a travel agency here a decade ago but found that the best seats disappeared — no matter how early people tried to buy them.

When he asked why, Wang recalls, he was told....

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