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shootingstar
01-05-2013, 04:16 PM
While we've seen images of Dutch cyclists thronging the roads/paths and Copenhagen with its cycling masses, here's China...where it was a status symbol to own a bike. China had 500 million bike owners at its height. Getting a bike as a wedding gift was a big deal during those decades. But then, majority of population was poor at that time.

Includes a guy doing some tai chi while cycling ... http://english.cntv.cn/program/storyboard/20120124/112052.shtml