Driving in China (and why I’ll never do it)
Driving in China is like going on a suicide mission. Every day, I am at the mercy of audacious taxi drivers and reckless bus drivers. Some might call them valiant; I call them foolhardy. Most in China accept it as 'normal.' But the fact is these dare devils put our lives at risk every day.
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A visit to Hong Kong’s Long Island
It’s no secret that Hong Kong is smoggy and polluted. One look out my window every morning and I can tell how bad the air is for the day. Never mind the 14 stations that are part of the air quality monitoring network set up by the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department. More often than...
Car Curbing in Beijing Not Curbing Traffic
This report from Xinhua says that Beijing’s Monday morning rush was just as traffic-jammed as any other day, despite new rules kicking in today that should result in 20 % less vehicles on the road. Car curbing in Beijing is slated to last a year, until April 2010. The “new” rules are a water-downed version of Olympic car...
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