Daily journeys on the subway in a city like Beijing are - to paraphrase Charles Dickens' famous opening line written 150 years ago - the best of times and the worst of times.
Imagine if you only have 10 yuan at hand, is it possible to visit some of the must-see sights in Beijing? The answer is yes if you take the subway.
What a difference three years make! When I first moved to Beijing in August 2006, the city had three subway lines - 13, 2 and 1. Stations of Line 1 and Line 2 were and still are scruffy. Commuters had to line up and buy paper tickets before riding the subway.
BUENOS AIRES: Assuming Diego Maradona curbs his tongue, FIFA's two-month ban announced on Sunday leaves the volatile Argentine coach free to return center stage to next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.
ZURICH: Diego Maradona was banned from all football for two months by FIFA on Sunday over his sexually-explicit rant last month.
It should have been a moment to savor; qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after a rocky ride in South America.
LOS ANGELES: Trevor Ariza got his NBA championship ring and his Houston Rockets got the win.
BERLIN: Beijing Olympic star Michael Phelps insisted on Sunday he would use his poor form at Berlin's world record-laden shortcourse World Cup meet as future motivation with an eye on the London 2012 Games.
LAUSANNE: The two-day World Cup meeting in Berlin produced a new record for world records with 16 new best times set over two days, FINA said on Sunday.
LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao hopes his stunning victory on Saturday over Miguel Cotto will put him in line for a mega welterweight showdown against Floyd Mayweather in 2010.
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