Chinese Traffic Jam

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Has anyone else read about this? Wow.
A traffic jam just outside Beijing has lasted more than 10 days and stretches 100 kilometres, from the city’s outskirts all the way to Inner Mongolia. Officials say the jam could last until September.
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Thousands of cars have been bumper-to-bumper, at one point crawling along at barely more than a kilometre a day since Aug. 14, when roadwork began on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Highway. The following week, parts of a major road circling Beijing were closed, which added to the congestion.
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theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/china-traffic-jam-stretching-100-kilometres-could-last-for-weeks/article1683094/

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A reporter for MSNBC writes that local authorities have managed to clear up the traffic jam, almost overnight. At least for the time being.
worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/25/4965830-chinas-monster-traffic-jam-gone-for-now

She places the blame for the jam on the huge number of trucks hauling coal, many from illegal mines, which take that highway to avoid cargo inspectors.

An earlier story from a Chinese news service also pointed a finger at coal trucks (and fruit trucks) as the cause of the jam.
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/23/c_13457295.htm
 
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