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Just keeping up on China’s modernization wars between bikes and cars. Simon Elegant of the China Blog writes, “It seems impossible that Beijing traffic could actually get worse–and crazier–than it already is but now we’ve shifted from something like 1000 new cars on the streets every day to 1500, believe me, it is getting worse by the week.” He also noticed his first loaner bike out on the roads and observes that this may be a scheme worth considering given the problem of bikes being stolen on a regular basis.