Beijing: Wang Ke, a professor from Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, won applause online for keeping his promise to students by travelling 737km by taxi in heavy rain brought by Super Typhoon Mangkhut to make it to class on time.
Wang was in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, visiting friends when the typhoon hit on Sunday. He planned to go back to Nanjing by plane on Sunday morning, but found that airports, high-speed railways and buses had all been shut down because of the extreme weather.
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