One of the good ways to see the real life in China is to get on a third class train carriage. It was a chaotic mess (to outsiders) where people shouting, yelling, squeezing etc, trying to get the place they want, it is a situation normal to request in an unhappy tone, and refuse in an angry tone, and then quarrel will start by shouting back and forth between two parties.
Such situation happens frequently, because in third class carriage , many people are holding 'no seat' tickets, this type of ticket allows passenger to get on the train without confirmed seat, whoever buys such ticket will have to stand at aisle, or wherever he or she can find a place to squeeze in, the situation gets worse when there is no fan nor air-cond, and attendant, due to safety purposes -- afraid that stone or whatever object speeds in and hurts passengers, forces passengers to close windows, the whole carriage will tense up in a hot and humid condition.
Such situation happens frequently, because in third class carriage , many people are holding 'no seat' tickets, this type of ticket allows passenger to get on the train without confirmed seat, whoever buys such ticket will have to stand at aisle, or wherever he or she can find a place to squeeze in, the situation gets worse when there is no fan nor air-cond, and attendant, due to safety purposes -- afraid that stone or whatever object speeds in and hurts passengers, forces passengers to close windows, the whole carriage will tense up in a hot and humid condition.
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