According to their app, a round trip from Beijing to SFO is EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FUCKING DOLLARS for basic economy. Beijing to Newark is 9000. According to Expedia, Beijing to SFO through Newark is 2700 for basic economy. Apparently going halfway around the world and adding a transcontinental flight on the end reduces your ticket price by 15000 dollars?
no... theyre a socialist and hated the protests, but ok
ngl im kinda miffed at this site immediately assuming like someone from hk or taiwan is a turbolib or something
esp if that person is from a western country like wtf is this stereotype shit
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well it's partially true, but nowhere near as true as westoids think
IIRC 35% of Taiwanese people prefer the PRC over the US. Which is still a minority, but it's a 1/3 minority
:yea: like the pricing thing is well documented and a good thing, actually. like how does it make sense that mainlanders from rural areas that make no money have to pay the same price as people from the cities with western incomes to use trains? thats bad, especially when the poor are more likely to use trains due to not owning cars. so by that logic it also makes sense to charge tourists sensible amounts in order to subsidize the poor and assist with local development, especially with how currency converts.
but also that person is a 2 week account so prob gonna be banned soon anyways
"im sorry that that you got charged $0.10 usd instead of $0.01 usd for your food, its really unfair"
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Someone I know from Chongqing mentioned it at one point and sent me an article on how subsidies work. But they do have HSR subsidies for migrant work and some companies pay for it as well as part of some program. But slow trains are common in regional travel and afaik they cost the locals like 20 cents USD depending onincome. Cgtn had a story on it that I posted here at one point but can't be bothered to dig through my 500 posts
https://youtu.be/vuoNxCMVLc4
heres the cgtn video. one of the train ladies mentions the reduced price, it costs 1 usd to travel 100 miles for one person on a slow train, some other videos cited 60 cents USD, and 40 cents USD. some villagers make around 200-400 USD each year so its pretty expensive for them unless they cut a deal with some agency. but of course goods are cheaper as well.
this image says 'public welfare slow train' on the side of the train https://www.marketplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DSC02728.jpg?w=768
afaik if you dont have public welfare you can take the train but they charge a higher rate