Hong Kong to Beijing China is insane. I have absolutely no idea what is happening for at least 99.9% of the time, and for the whole of that time I firmly believe there are no rules whatsoever. People can spit, smoke, drink, shit, piss, cycle and drive seemingly whenever and wherever they please. Drivers, including those of pushbikes, motorbikes, trikes, trucks and buses have right of way all of the time and drive wherever they please - roads, pavements, markets, train station waiting rooms, pedestrianised streets; a motorcyclist came to a sideways skidding halt two inches from Katie on a mall, and we were very nearly mowed down as a bus used a pedestrian crossing under a flyover! For the other 0.1% of the time the rules are made up by petty, uniformed jobsworths, and it's
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