In case you missed it. sales of cars in China, overtook those of the USA in 2009 per this report.

– Bicycles are to China now what gondolas are to Venice where ridership has gone from 80% to 18% in last 10 years.  

– China’s vast infrastructure of bike lanes is now clogged with cars 

– BMW sells more cars in China than in USA

– Average speed on a bike in China is 18 km/hr 

– Average speed in a car in China is 12 km/hr

For a bit of worthy background on what bikes once meant to the Chinese, versus what they mean now, go HERE

And here is the way most of us remember China: