In Beijing, Red Means Go
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2004/11/07/AR2005041502355.html



In Beijing the bicycles don't stop for red lights. I had pretty much figured this out for myself by my second day on a rented 15-speed mountain bike. But it was Lu Xianfang who taught me how to weave my way across eight lanes of traffic that had the green light, and probably thought it had the right of way.