Comments on: Beijing, back in time http://chinfamous.com/blog/2007/08/20/beijing-back-in-time/ Notes and Onanistic Scraps from the Smog-strangled Mind of an American Journalist in China Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: josh http://chinfamous.com/blog/2007/08/20/beijing-back-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8297 josh Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:11:01 +0000 http://chinfamous.com/blog/2007/08/20/beijing-back-in-time/#comment-8297 I've seen the odd Hummer or two on Beijing's steets, believe it or not. Apropos, there was an item in one of the Chinese papers a few weeks ago that said sales of fuel-efficient cars has actually fallen in the last year--in a country that adds thousands of cars a day--despite considerable government propaganda touting the benefits of saving gas. The reason: Chinese like their cars big. Their model in this attitude: Americans. A rich story indeed. Will contact you about the column. I’ve seen the odd Hummer or two on Beijing’s steets, believe it or not. Apropos, there was an item in one of the Chinese papers a few weeks ago that said sales of fuel-efficient cars has actually fallen in the last year–in a country that adds thousands of cars a day–despite considerable government propaganda touting the benefits of saving gas. The reason: Chinese like their cars big. Their model in this attitude: Americans.

A rich story indeed. Will contact you about the column.

]]> By: Nan Noaker http://chinfamous.com/blog/2007/08/20/beijing-back-in-time/comment-page-1/#comment-8282 Nan Noaker Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:57:57 +0000 http://chinfamous.com/blog/2007/08/20/beijing-back-in-time/#comment-8282 Josh: The odd/even traffic experiment is fascinating...kinda like Park City odd/even addresses for watering the lawn...you wouldn't believe the traffic here on Kearns and at Kimball unction...can you imagine the rage if Summit County tried to tel those Hummers who could drive on which days? This would make a perfectcolumn for The Record...especially the bit about polution precluding exercize...nan Josh:
The odd/even traffic experiment is fascinating…kinda like Park City odd/even addresses for watering the lawn…you wouldn’t believe the traffic here on Kearns and at Kimball unction…can you imagine the rage if Summit County tried to tel those Hummers who could drive on which days? This would make a perfectcolumn for The Record…especially the bit about polution precluding exercize…nan

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