On the Road: Pingyao to Taiyuan
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The yellow line is there to let drivers know that they're still on the road.
Tree farms like this one attest to China's seriousness about going green.
Welcome to the world's ugliest town, Jinzhong City. But the two-hour drive that takes you from Taiyuan to Pingyao is actually more unsightly; the road goes through large industrial developments and is bordered by strip malls set back 50 meters from the road but in worse condition, filthy and decrepit, most worse than the one in the photo below, their apparent desertion a question only because of the occasional truck or bike parked in front.
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