[DManA]

Maybe this is off topic but at many subway stations in Beijing and Shanghai this could not possibly happen because the tracks are separated from the platform by plexiglass windows. Who is the third world and who is the first?

[SeeSharp]

Beijing and Shanghai... Who is the third world and who is the first?

Perhaps a better question would be who is the communist and who is the capitalist?

[PGR88]

Maybe this is off topic but at many subway stations in Beijing and Shanghai this could not possibly happen because the tracks are separated from the platform by plexiglass windows. Who is the third world and who is the first?

NY City could add plexiglass windows, but it would need a $2 billion grant from the Federal Gov't. Its not excessive when you have the most expensive Gov't in the world.