Hindustan Times
As I walked out of an Indian family’s twelfth-floor apartment in Beijing’s diplomatic compound last Saturday night, I noticed four adult bicycles — one per family member — parked near the elevator.
The next morning, the Chinese news media flashed a surprising announcement listing official five-year targets to increase the number of cycling commuters in Beijing by 2015. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Filed under China · Tagged airport, Beijing, bicycle, BMW, bullet trains, diplomatic compound, Mumbai, New Delhi, news media, railway stations, Shomik Mehndiratta, subway network
It’s hard to imagine the grandfatherly Premier Wen Jiabao being driven in a gas-guzzling Hummer identified with Arnold Schwarzenegger, while he tells the US not to blame only China for global warming. Beijing is unleashing government incentives for green auto technology and small cars, but the Chinese love flashy wheels and can still afford them.
A Communist Party delegation racing after recession discounts recently returned from Germany after ordering 37,000 BMWs and 27,000 Mercedes. Read more
(5 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Reshma Patil on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Filed under China · Tagged BMW, china car sales, Hummer, Mercedes, Nano, Tata
