Overland travel in China with Fuxing trains

An acquaintance posted to WeChat last week that her flight to Beijing from another Chinese city was delayed. She expressed shock over it on the instant messaging app.

Her sarcasm wasn't lost on me.

In 2016, the average delay time for flights in the country was 33 minutes. An official of the Civil Aviation Administration of China told Chinese media that the goal this year was to maintain an overall punctuality rate of 75 percent.