Thursday, June 5, 2008

Surviving the Beijing subway


His legs twitched in anticipation. His entire body began to sway on the loading platform of the Beijing subway.

Behind this man stood an entire crowd of Chinese people waiting impatiently for the doors of the train to open.

Communism never seemed further away as I stare at hundreds of businessmen and women jammed onto the platform.

An alarm sounded, the crowd tensed and the doors opened.

People spilled into the train car. Within seconds every available seat was full.
*Working men and women wait for their stop on the Beijing subway.

No comments:

Reporting from Asia headlines