Epic Traffic Jam Snarls Chinese Highway

from National Public Radio

It's being called the worst traffic jam in the world. Drivers in northern China have been stuck along a 60-mile stretch of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway, some for days. NPR's Melissa Block talks to Jonathan Watts, the Guardian's Asia environment correspondent, who drove out to see the gridlock firsthand.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, August 25, 2010