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Threading the Needle

Dao! Dao!……Dao!…Dao! Dao! “Aw shit, here we go again,” I thought to myself. Another driver in the bike lane (a fenced bike lane, MaiMai) at a complete stop holding up a group of, so far, about 20 bikes that either don’t... ...full story at Sinocidal

from Sinocidal on Mon, Oct 08 2007

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16 Dec 07 visit Nanjing - bike lane - 12 Dec 2007  »  YouTube videoa wet morning in nanjing. good example of the separate carriageway for bikes/mopeds.
05 Sep 07 visit TAHOE 911!  »  Sinocidal HANGZHOU. Dammit! I just got another bike stolen. That’s 9 in 5 and 1/2 years of living in China,so that means on average I Iose 1 bike for every….uh…..well you do the math. There are few things lower than a bicycle thief. Even common...
24 Sep 09 visit Dissertation Group in Beijing?  »  Granite Studio Yes, I know…I’ve been remiss about writing.  But with the whole “earning a living thing” plus feverishly attempting to finish my dissertaton before I’m 40 die student loans are paid off next year, I thought it might be usefu...
08 Sep 09 visit Should E-Bikes Be Banned? 4 Lessons From Asia's E-Bike Craze  »  TreeHugger People-powered versus electric powered - it all goes in the same lane in China. Photo avlxyz via flickr. The Dutch bought more e-bikes during the first part of 2009 than they did regular bicycles. In Asia, e-bikes have enjoyed run-away sales for some...
22 May 08 visit Red Cross in the Crosshairs  »  Blogging For China For the many Chinese critical of their government, their number one concern isn’t “human rights” or “freedom of expression”… instead, it’s corruption pervasive throughout Chinese society. In the aftermath of the...
24 Jun 08 visit George Carlin expires ‘like a magazine subscription’  »  Humanaught George, you paved the way for some of my favourite socially and politically charged comedians. You showed me just how versatile a word can be. And, you gave substance to TheHumanaught.com’s #1 visited post. “Older” sounds a little better than “old,” doesn’t it? Sounds like it might even last a little longer … I’m getting old. [...]

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