China's Nine Day Traffic Jam
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BEIJING [[AFP) – Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre [[62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.
The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to the capital, and compounded by road maintenance work that began five days later, the Global Times said.
