# 9 Day Traffic Jam in China

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 23, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437 "2010-08-23T11:40:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437/1 "2010-08-23T11:40:56Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc\_afp/chinaroadtraffic](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc_afp/chinaroadtraffic)

lol

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437/2 "2010-08-23T12:09:04Z")

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“yeah, hi boss, I’m going to be a little late to work this month.”

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437/3 "2010-08-23T12:23:04Z")

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To the right is an ad for the Nissan LEAF. Yeah, you’d be screwed in a leaf unless you had a massive solar panel on the roof. lol

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437/4 "2010-08-23T12:30:11Z")

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So where do people shit? Is it one big rest area?

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437/5 "2010-08-23T12:33:34Z")

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“The state-run newspaper said the jam between Beijing and Jining city had given birth to a mini-economy with local merchants capitalising on the stranded drivers’ predicament by selling them water and food at inflated prices.”

The best part of the article.

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**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/9-day-traffic-jam-in-china/159437/6 "2010-08-23T12:42:16Z")

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> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> “The state-run newspaper said the jam between Beijing and Jining city had given birth to a mini-economy with local merchants capitalising on the stranded drivers’ predicament by selling them water and food at inflated prices.”
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> The best part of the article.

See capitalism can thrive in China 🙂