China
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | March 30th, 2004 | Trackback
Shanghai, known as the “city with no night” because of its extravagant electric signs, is about to dim the lights in an effort to crack down on light pollution. The chief of lights and advertisements for the city’s environmental bureau said the bright lights make it hard for residents to sleep, wash out the night sky and harm the environment. Bright lights have been Shanghai’s hallmark for years and it is hard to imagine the business community going along with the plan, but it may be driven by electricity shortages that have caused power rationing to shopping malls and factories since the fall. More restrictions are expected this summer.
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China
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | March 16th, 2004 | Trackback
China is rapidly becoming one of the worldÂ’s most dangerous places to drive, or be an urban pedestrian. Bad roads and inexperienced drivers have produced an automobile death rate some two and a half times that of the U.S., which has many more vehicles. In cities, no one stops for anyone else, including pedestrians, who never win in a collision with a vehicle, and drivers ignore traffic laws and rules of the road that are generally accepted in Western countries.
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