Friday photo: Thinking inside the box
A man takes a look at a rank of cabinet-sized rooms at China’s first capsule hotel to be opened soon in Shanghai on January 11, 2011. China has followed Japan’s lead in the capsule hotel market, amid an explosion of leisure travel in the world’s most populous country.
A man takes a look at a rank of cabinet-sized rooms at China's first capsule hotel to be opened soon in Shanghai on January 11, 2011. China has followed Japan's lead in the capsule hotel market, amid an explosion of leisure travel in the world's most populous country.
A man takes a look at a rank of cabinet-sized rooms at China’s first capsule hotel to be opened soon in Shanghai on January 11, 2011. China has followed Japan’s lead in the capsule hotel market, amid an explosion of leisure travel in the world’s most populous country.
Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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