Getting Around China: By subway

Major cities — at least Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Shenyang, Xian, Chengdu and Nanjing — have a subway system. Chongqing has monorail systems. Xiamen has a system of bus-only roads, mostly elevated. Read More »

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