Real-name registration in China expanded in 2012 to include popular online services like Sina Weibo. Now, in the run-up to 2012's Spring Festival, Chinese authorities have announced two more services are getting the real-name treatment: long-distance buses and trains. China's high speed rail trains already require a legal government ID to purchase a ticket, but now those regulations have been expanded to include slower trains in the run-up to the Spring Festival rush on tickets. The hope is that this system will reduce ticket scalping and counterfeiting, which tends to ...
China Implements Real-Name Registration, Online Ticket Sales for Trains, Buses

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10 Brilliant Bus Ads

A bus exterior consists of 2 doors, 4 or more sets of wheels and many windows. Not very inspiring, huh? Innovative marketers have shown that our creativity is the only limit for ads these days. An awesome ad on a moving bus is equivalent to a celebrity walking down the street; the limelight is all theirs. Takeaway: A marketer must know how to make use of the environment and circumstances to achieve the best possible impact. #10 #9 #8 #7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1 This obviously isn't a bus but the idea would work equally well on one. Other Creative Ads Post 1. ...
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