Posts Tagged: 12306



Ctrip Selling Train Tickets Again in Wake of Railway Ministry Absorption News

Yes, the rumors were true: China is dismantling its hilariously corrupt Railway Ministry and absorbi...

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  • March 13, 2013
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China Train Ticket Site Cost Nearly $100 Million, Seems to Be Harassing Programmers, And Might Be Broken Again

Last fall, we learned that China’s 12306 train ticket sales platform cost 329 million RMB ($52...

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  • January 24, 2013
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So Much For Negotiation: Chinese Government Orders Browsers to Kill Train Ticket Plugins

Just yesterday it seemed that China’s Railway Ministry was in the process of negotiating nicel...

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  • January 19, 2013
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China’s Train Ticket Site Actually Works, But It is Still Getting Sued

I have written a lot of bad things about China’s Railway Ministry and its 12306 ticket e-comme...

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  • January 8, 2013
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With Spring Festival Approaching, China’s Online Train Ticket System is Still Seriously Broken

China’s Railway Ministry has been having — how shall I put this? — a difficult tim...

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  • December 28, 2012
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China’s Official Train Ticket Smartphone App Now Coming in November, Maybe

China’s notoriously corrupt Railway Ministry has been having what we might generously call a t...

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  • October 16, 2012
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China’s Broken Train Ticket Site Cost $50 Million

OK, I know I’ve been writing a lot about the Railway Ministry’s upgraded ticket sales si...

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  • September 21, 2012
  • at 11:20 pm
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China Railway Ministry Site Accused of Cheating on Ticket Sales

If you’re riding a Chinese sleeper train, you should know that not all bunks are created equal...

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  • April 23, 2012
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Scalpers Exploiting Flaw in China’s Train Ticket Sales System to Scalp Tickets Online

With Spring Festival just around the corner, China’s 12306 train ticket sales site seems to be...

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  • February 7, 2013
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Chinese Train Ticket Web Traffic Hijacked to Push Qihoo’s 360 Browser

China’s 12306 ticket purchase site (run by China’s Railway Ministry), is the only offici...

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  • January 23, 2013
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China Railway Ministry Asks Kingsoft to Shut Down Browser Add-On

As we approach the Spring Festival heavy travel season, China’s 12306 train ticket e-commerce ...

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  • January 18, 2013
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Chinese Trains Now Capable of Time Travel, Apparently

China’s Railway Ministry operates the country’s only official online ticket purchasing p...

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  • January 3, 2013
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With Railway Ministry Ticket App Still Missing, Train Ticket Apps Flourish in China

As part of what I’m increasingly convinced is actually a performance art piece about incompete...

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  • December 1, 2012
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Netizen Uncovers More Corruption in China’s Ongoing Train Ticket Scandal

China’s Railway Ministry is notorious for corruption, so much so that the former minister was ...

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  • September 28, 2012
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To China’s Train Tickets Site: For the Love of God, Call Alibaba or Something

Anyone who has been following the yearlong series of blunders that has been the Chinese Railway Mini...

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  • September 21, 2012
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360Buy Train Ticket Sales Service Suspended, Other Sites Still Offering Limited Services

Just a week after it was launched, 360Buy has yanked its train ticket purchasing services, citing a ...

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  • April 9, 2012
  • at 3:30 pm
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