Blog Tag - driving
Presuming you are in fact a licensed driver elsewhere, getting a Chinese driver's license is simple but will take you about a week’s time and will...
If you're planning a road trip to Qianlingshan Park, don't bother making a playlist or even opening your iTunes. The soundtrack for your drive can...
You grip the steering wheel, your knuckles white, eyes widening, breath short, before resisting the urge to stomp on the brakes and literally veer...
The city’s oldest byways are narrow and in need of protection. A good first step would be to ban cars in certain hutongs.
Bad policies often inspire...
While most cars sputter out toxic exhaust, one car claims to protect you from such pollution.
At least that's what electric vehicle maker Tesla is...
If your no-drive day is Friday, then not only are you pushed off the road at the end of this week, but you won't be able to drive on Monday either,...
The afternoon tea: synonymous with civility and serenity. Tesla Model S: a new paradigm for speed. Enjoy them both in Beijing in a single three-hour...
Much to our surprise, the snarled traffic of our lovely home metropolis ranks only 15th worst in the world, which makes us feel real bad for a bunch...
Seems that some vacationing Beijingers on Chinese New Year sprees in New Zealand are taking their bad driving skills with them.
A Beijing family of...
The Beijing Municipal Government has declared that once again, September will be the worst traffic month of the year.
As in 2013, the government has...
It's strange having an automobile exhibition in a city where the average person can't go out and buy a car, even though economic means have risen to...
Police: Please just stand next to the car rather than drive it.
It seems that the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau has discovered the root...
A strange sight greeted motorists on Chaoyang Lu last week: express lanes without center barrier fences. Now, instead of two lanes each way in the...
If parking on Nanluogu Xiang on a Sunday afternoon is already bad, it may be getting worse. Beijing will need 2.5 million new parking spaces in the...
I've been driving in Beijing for two and a half years now, and I love it. Driving in Beijing is real driving, none of that between-the-lines, hand...