Chinese businessman Chen Guangbiao crushes luxury car to fight oil — Transition Voice

Chinese businessman Chen Guangbiao crushes luxury car to fight oil — Transition Voice: "In advance of China’s National Car-Free Day in September, Chen Guangbiao, a flamboyant but green-friendly billionaire, staged a publicity stunt where he had a Mercedes-Benz sedan crushed.
After an excavator crushed the luxury car at his corporate headquarters in Nanjing, Chen, who purchased hundreds of bikes for his employees, then lead fifty of them into a street ride, carrying signs saying ”expand public transport vehicles, double parking fees and oil prices.”"

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People of China are just roadkill to the 1%

NYTimes

A Horrific Crash Sets Off Online Anger in China - NYTimes.com: "But another study, by the World Health Organization, cast serious doubt on the official Chinese figures. Comparing policy data with hospital records, the study concluded that the real death rate from traffic accidents was roughly twice the official figure. That would make China’s roads the most dangerous among middle-income countries."

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