TransportationinChina 　　TransportationinancientChinawasonpoorcondition.Peopletraveledmainlyonfoot.Ittookseveralmonthsforacandidatewhoexpectedtotaketheimperialexaminationtobeagovernmentofficialtogofromhometothecapitalonfoot.Peoplealsorodehorseswhentravelingfromtowntotown.Forshort-distancetrips,man-carriedsedansandcarriagesoroxcartwerealsoused.Needlesstosay,allthesemeansoftransportationareinverylowspeed. 　　Nowwehavetrains,planes,ships,busesandbikesinChina.Withanaggressiveeffortsince1949,bytheChinesegovernmenttoimprovetheircountry,acomprehensivetransportationsystemwascreated.Itconsistedofrailways,highways,airplanes.Tibet,oneofmostinaccessbileregionintheworldevencanbereachedviatrainsincetheoperationoftheQinghai-TibetRailwayinfirst,July,2005.