Having been in China for quite some time now I think I might have become almost immune to the unexpected or unusual sights. One afternoon recently when strolling across a bridge over the Pearl River, duly accompanied by cars and buses whizzing past I saw this guy pushing his fully laden bicycle along the far lane – seemingly totally unphased by the traffic that was careering past him.
Guangzhou is a city of newly developed modern infrastructure that can rival most developed cities in the world. However in our homogenous rule focused and abiding societies, a guy pushing a bike stacked 6 foot high with goods wouldn’t haven’t have a hope of getting onto one our major roadways without heavy abuse and being carted off by the law.
