Life in the slow lane: China's traffic jams

Holidays and free road tolls lead to bumper-to-bumper epic jams.

Australia's largest state hits record-high COVID-19 cases despite weeks of strict lockdown. 'It's a tinderbox ready to explode,' one official said.
eToro says crypto made up 73% of trading commissions in the last quarter, as retail customers dived in
A flight attendant says she was too exhausted to report a passenger who shoved her when a flight was overbooked: report
US jobless claims climb for first time in 5 weeks, to 353,000

AFTER YOU SEE these pictures, you might never complain about traffic ever again.

It’s “Golden Week” in China (meaning there are a bunch of holidays, prompting basically a week-long holiday), and the government has suspended road tolls, so naturally the traffic is simply epic.

Reports from Xinhua indicate that 85 million Chinese – 13 per cent more than last year – hit the road.

Bill Bishop points us to Tea Leaf Nation, which has found some really wild traffic jam photos, mostly from the social network Weibo.

The sheer number of people who just got out of their car and decided to engage in some roadside recreation speaks to the total lack of movement on these roads.

Life in the slow lane: China's traffic jams

Previous 1 / 10Next

China's traffic jams
Image: Tea Leaf Nation
China's traffic jams
Image: Tea Leaf Nation
China's traffic jams
Image: Tea Leaf Nation
China's traffic jams
Image: Tea Leaf Nation
China's traffic jams
Image: Tea Leaf Nation
China's traffic jams
Image: News.163.com
China's traffic jams
Image: News.163.com
China's traffic jams
Image: news.163.com
China's traffic jams
Image: news.163.com
China's traffic jams
Image: news.163.com

- Joe Weisenthal

Making a difference

A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.

For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can make sure we can keep reliable, meaningful news open to everyone regardless of their ability to pay.

Support us Learn More