Shanghai residents offer luxury rides home

Building on Beijing's spirit of helping stranded people get home in the heavy rain, Shanghai resident Xia Yuchun offered his own rides - in his 1 million yuan Audi sport utility vehicle - with a dozen fellow members of the Shanghai Super Car Club.

"A dozen Land Rovers, Audis and Toyota SUVs joined me on Wednesday to function as free taxis to give people rides to subway stations, so that we could help more people," said the 20-year-old Xia, a university student.

Unlike in Beijing, where netizens posted their addresses and contact information on micro blogs for help, the taxi dispatching system was applied to Wednesday's rescue, Xia said.