S1 E5 Beijing by bike

Welcome to a never-ending story. Beijing's the world's most populous capital city, and it's a place where the trials and tribulations of China's ascendancy are being played out in real-time. So how do you even begin to get into a place as complex and rich as this? Well… it's time to hop on the bike. In this episode, we'll be looking at how Beijing's relationship with the bike tells a bigger story about China's development, its current class tensions, and how some locals find sanctuary in an otherwise forbidding environment.

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S1 E5 Beijing by bike is an episode from Return Ticket by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

This episode is 0:25:18 long.

This episode was published on Jun 4, 2022.

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