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May Day holiday sees travel peak
According to the Ministry of Railways, a record 5.16 million people travelled on trains on last Monday alone, and from April 28 to May 7, some 45 million people will take trains, up 8 percent year-on-year.
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ĦE May Day holiday sees travel peak
ĦE A packed house
Tourists and shoppers pack the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall yesterday as Shanghai's famous shopping street and other tourist spots recorded an increasing number of visitors on the second day of the week-long May Day holiday.
ĦE Heat wave
Tourists brave the baking sun and jam the Badaling Great Wall in Beijing on Thursday. The maximum temperature in Beijing reached 31.9 degrees Celsius that day, the highest May 3 reading for four decades. The
ĦE Run, piglet!
An audience watches piglets running on a obstacle course in a zoo in Quanzhou in southeast China's Liaoning Province, May 1, 2007. The event was part of entertainment aimed at bringing in crowds during a week-long May Day
ĦE Forbidden city crammed with tourists
Tourists visit the Forbidden City during the May Day holiday in Beijing, May 3, 2007. The ongoing May Day Golden Week holidays will see an estimated 150 million people travelling across the country, China Daily reported.
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