Guo Liang has wanted to buy a car for a decade, and he will be the first in his family to own one. He's not deterred by Beijing's traffic jams. Guo says the traffic is too bad, (1)________________________with his family. Another customer, Zhang Menxin, works in Beijing, but is from Xi'an, more than 900 km away.
Zhang says it is very difficult to get a train ticket to return home for Chinese New Year. She adds that she will want to take her infant son, and that the train is not convenient. If she had her own car, she says, she could go anytime she wanted to. World Bank transportation specialist Shomik Mendhiratta says a car is something people (2)________________________.
"Getting a car makes people feel like they have arrived middle class. It's got a huge status associated with it, because it's a fantastic thing to have. If you never have a car, a car (3)________________________." And, as 26-year-old car shopper, Alice Wu points out, for young women in her generation, a car also can help make a potential boyfriend a little more attractive. She says she does not care if her future beau has a car - but she says if he does, it will add points.
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