Queue Management

choi

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Chinese complain about long lines in China--and thus way too many people in thier nation. But the West has long spent effort and money on crowd management. Nothing is achieved by chance.

(1) Brook Barnes, Disney Technology Tackles Theme-Park Headdache: Lines. New York Times, Dec. 28, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/business/media/28disney.html?scp=1&sq=disney%20lines&st=Search

(2)
(a) Aaron Back, Beijing Cracks Down on Car Buyers; City's Bid to Ease Traffic by Limiting New Vehicle Registrations Triggers Concerns Over Growth in World's No. 1 Auto Market. Wall Street Journal, Dec. 24, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704278404576037223377494828.html

Quote:

"Shanghai has had similar restrictions on car sales for almost 10 years, but during that time, Beijing has "insisted it would not do so,"

(b) Just rhe day before, another report from another newspaper was worried about the POSSIBILITY of a crack down, See the last paragraph of

Michael Wines, A Driver Explosion Leaves China No Closer to Finding a Fast Lane. New York Times, Dec. 23, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/world/asia/23beijing.html?scp=1&sq=car%20beijing&st=Search

My comment: China's rule is arbitrary and capricious.
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