Passengers exit the subway through gates of an automatic fare collection system at a subway station in Beijing June 9, 2008. With the use of the AFC system, paper tickets, which had been in use for 38 years, faded out from the subway system on Monday. [asianewsphoto]

A passenger buys an electronic ticket to ride the subway at a station in Beijing June 9, 2008. With the use of the AFC system, paper tickets, which had been in use for 38 years, faded out from the subway system on Monday. [asianewsphoto]

(China Daily June 10, 2008)