Cheap, cheerful, but dangerous
By Hu Yongqi and Wu Wencong | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-29 07:27
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Top: A sleeper bus crashed into the back of a tanker carrying methanol, a highly combustible liquid, on a highway in Yan'an, Shaanxi province, resulting in 36 fatalities and 3 injuries on Aug 26. Above: A bus company staff member explains the safety rules to passengers at Sanfuwan bus terminal in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province on Monday. Ma Jiewen / for China Daily |
Sunday's fatal bus crash in Shaanxi province was the latest in a series of accidents that have claimed lives across China. Despite this, people continue to use the buses for a variety of reasons. Hu Yongqi and Wu Wencong report from Beijing.
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