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If you're planning an Asia-Pacific holiday, flying will save time and taking the bus will save money - but neither afford the comfort of train travel. Make no mistake, there are plenty of hellish rail rides out there. But choose wisely and you'll[an error occurred while processing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fine Lines | 11/28/2006 | See Source »

The city's experience a few weeks ago during the China-Africa Summit may have foreshadowed the kind of drastic measures required to clean up Beijing's air during the Olympics. In preparation for the summit, which ended in early November and featured a whopping 42 heads of state, authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Forecast? | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

With 1,000 new cars a day joining the nearly 2.8 million vehicles already clogging Beijing's streets, the Communist Party will certainly have to order similar drastic measures during the entire 17-day duration of the Games, if not sooner. That could leave Beijing's newly prosperous residents digging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Forecast? | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

DIED. Hong Xuezhi, 94, long-serving Chinese military officer who, as a vice commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, helped direct the fight against U.S.-led coalition forces during the Korean War; in Beijing. Promoted to general for his role in aiding North Korea, Hong was purged in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

Still, Hong Kong's skies at least remain brighter than those of some Chinese cities. Last week, Beijing was forced to close highways and delay flights in and out of its airports due to a choking, opaque haze, while its air-pollution index reached 414 out of a possible 500...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Price of Pollution | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

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