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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K
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Their quoting of the China Daily article is incredibly misleading (as usual for Western media when reporting about China). Yes, the MAXIMUM (i.e VIP ticket) for the train from Shanghai to Chengdu is about ￥2300 （～$350). But what they don't tell you is that you can get a soft seat ticket on the same train for only ￥500 （~$80), or a standard soft sleeper ticket on the same train for ￥1000 (~$160). The cheapest airfare on the route that I can find is ~￥1260, so the high speed overnight train is cheaper, plus you don't have to pay for a hotel for that night - you leave Shanghai in the evening, and in the morning you're in Chengdu!
The misleading way they're reporting it, it'd be the equivalent of complaining about the price of an airplane ticket on a certain route but only telling you the business class price.
