If I was granted a Chinese Visa I was planning on trying to book up on the Trans-Siberian Railway which takes 7 days to get from Beijing to Moscow. From Moscow I'd have to get another train to Berlin or if really lucky Paris.
From there I'd have to head for the coast to wait in line for the Ferry or Tunnel.
The main problem was trying to get a Chinese visa, which in future if I am ever even stopping over in China I will make sure I apply for well in advance, because sitting in an airport is no fun.
Tickets can be booked here: http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm
The cost for a one way ticket travelling non-stop from Beijing to Moscow would be 580 GBP (this keyboard does not have a pound sign!).
I am glad that I do not have to resort to such extreme measures now that I have a flight to Kuala Lumpur, but it is amazing how desperate and useless you feel when you are stranded 12,000 miles from home.
Now I know how E.T. felt!
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