It was a cheerful group, sharing lunch, sitting on a curb in a grocery store parking lot, and taking in the sun.

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In the basement, Roy found a half-full can of paint his father had used to mark the curb out front as a no-parking zone.

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Hiring on-demand chauffeurs in Beijing also became more popular in April when parking charges were doubled to 10 yuan per hour as part of measures to curb traffic in the central city.

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