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Bicycles only for sport?

(CRI)
Updated: 2007-01-05 09:46



Bicycles have recently been banned from some of the main streets in the
southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

The move has sparked a public debate, but even more criticism has been
directed at the local government's plan to build special lanes for
bicycle riders to use for entertainment and sports!

An article in Beijing Morning Post says Guangzhou officials are ignoring
the fact that bicycles principally used as a form of transport in China,
not for recreation or sports.

It says there's no doubt some wealthy Chinese people have started viewing
bicycle riding as a form of exercise, but the vast majority still depend
on bicycles to get them from A to B.

The article concludes that city management is supposed to serve the
general public, not just the privileged few.












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