Transportation in China in 1988

Chinese Train Soft Bed Service - 29

China has an extensive train service, both local and long distance. The trains are clean and readily available except during the Chinese New Year. Available on the trains are four classes of accommodations, hard seat, soft seat, hard bed, and soft bed. This is the Soft Bed service. My friend Dora Lei, Bernice and I are traveling from Zhengzhou to Wuhan. There are four beds in a closed cubicle in Soft Bed. There is a volume control on the loudspeaker if you don't want to listen to propaganda all day and night. We almost never travel by Soft Bed because it is just too expensive. Some people had invited us and they paid for the accommodations. The bed is nicer and there is even flowers on the table.