And they make a point of exchanging business CARDS: for China's car boom is encouraging not just physical mobility but a new social mobility too.

他们还重视交换名片：因为中国的汽车繁荣不仅鼓励了物理上的移动，而且鼓励了一种新的社会流动。

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Mr Xie is one of a number of Chinese who sees the car boom as a mirror image of the growing social divide in China.

一些中国人将汽车热潮视为中国日益加剧的社会分化的反映，谢遐龄是其中之一。

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A decade into China's car boom, about four out of five people who buy cars are doing so for the first time.

中国的汽车繁荣已有十年，但大约五分之四的人还是首次购车。

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Car production fell by 4.7%, possibly a sign that the boom in car sales fed by discounts and interest-free promotions has faded.

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Just as the 1950s boom in car sales was fuelled when car companies lengthened the credit period on buying new cars from 24 to 36 months, so the decline in personal saving in recent years has much to do with the ease of borrowing.

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Interestingly, there has not been the equivalent rail boom in other Peak Car countries.

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