It used to be that Line 10 stations were totally inaccessible to the rest of us. There was that construction area wall separating the station with the rest of us. You had to be someone like Yao Ming (or taller, preferably) to even have a glimpse of the station close up...

Well, no longer. More and more of those stations are shedding the walls. As a result, such spectacles such as car parks, bike parks, elevators and the big boxes themselves -- the Subway stations -- can be seen with the naked eye, from close and from afar.

You can't get into the thing, however... to do that, you'd have to wait until June 2008... and nope, we don't have a specific date for that. (This drives your Swiss (time-oriented) Beijingology bananas, to be quite honest with you.)

When we do know the specific time and date when Line 10 becomes reality, however, we'll let you know here and on our Twitter. We think you're following us on Twitter already, no?