There is a 100km, nine day traffic jam outside of Beijing.

Surely after nine days stuck between the same group of motorists, some form of economy and community must emerge. China Mielville’s novel ‘Iron Council’ (not his greatest novel…) comes to mind, set on a train that is a linear, kinetic city.

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