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Zhou Zhengyu, deputy director of the Beijing municipal committee of communications announced in a recent press conference that the cheap bus fares that Beijingers have been enjoying during the Olympics will continue after the games.
We are all in support of more public transport to save the environment and to ease traffic congestion, but we are noticing a disturbing trend in relation to buses in the last month. See if you too can spot the trend.
August 15, China, Van slams Olympic bus
August 15, India, 11 drown in Indian school bus: report
August 14, Lebanon, Rush-hour bombing kills 18 in Lebanon
August 14, China, Driver injured as bus engine catches fire in Harbin
August 14, China, Two killed in Olympic bus crash
August 13, China, Bus accident kills 25 in China's Xinjiang
August 13, Pakistan, 13 killed in attack on Pakistani Air Force bus
August 2, Canada, Man charged over decapitation on bus
July 24, Philippines, Bus explosion in the Philippines wounds 27
July 21, China, Two killed in China bus blasts
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The trend looks like a writer is trying very hard to put some sort of conspiracy theory in order with some vary vague connections of tragedies that may have involved a bus. Hopefully that is not a trend that writers for Shanghaiist will all go this route...as I really do respect Dan and it would suck to see others tarnish his project so much with poor attempts to generate controversy.
Actually no, the writer had just read too many articles about buses blowing up, and crashing recently and used the fare story as an excuse to highlight his paranoia about putting his life in the hands of crazy drivers who only occasionally obey traffic rules.
You will also find that in a previous article the writer attempted to use the death of an inspection officer to subtly highlight how gross eating dog is.
The writer will attempt to keep his conspiracy theories to himself to ensure that there will be no tarnishing of Dan's reputation. (no guarantees there)
The author should have ended the headline where the comma is. What kind of list is presented here anyway?? Some random bus accidents from all parts of the world? Considering how many millions of people took buses during that time, in China and elsewhere, it's still statistically pretty safe.
The list of bus accidents and tragedies, while disturbing, only seem to provide a "shock value" and no substance to the premise of the article. What do most of these have to do with riding a bus in Shanghai or Beijing? Nothing. Very shoddy journalism, best reserved for the likes of the bottom-feeder tabloids.
what a stupid filler article.. the general perception of blogs being $hitty writing is alive and well here