bicycle

www.telegraph.co.uk — The humble bicycle, for decades the workhorse of the Communist proletariat, is this year's surprise fashion accessory in China.

www.jingdaily.com — A handful of expat entrepreneurs are introducing retro Chinese brands to a new generation of consumers in China and abroad. Jing Daily recently spoke with Bayan Ferzandi and Patrick Conn, part of the Canadian team readying the retro Chinese bicycle brand Flying Pigeon for its largest North American rollout to date.

www.jingdaily.com — With foreign brands becoming ubiquitous from Shanghai to Xiji, in recent years a growing nostalgia for home-grown Chinese brands has taken hold among some of China’s younger, or more adventurous, urbanites.

www.dailymail.co.uk — He is being hailed on the Internet as the nonchalant vigilante with nerves of steel.
A cyclist was caught by security cameras handing out some rough street justice when he saw two bag-snatchers making a quick getaway.
The riders apparently snatched a purse from a woman in the streets of Wenzhou, China, who ran after them shouting the Chinese equivalent of 'Stop thief!'.

technology.timesonline.co.uk — Not entirely sure why he bothered, but a Qingdao man has spent 18 months inventing a bicycle with Chinese characteristics. It has a pentagonal wheel and a triangular wheel, but the seat doesn't bob up and down. It's a lesson in geometry if nothing else.