http://beijingcream.com/2014/01/chinas-misuse-of-public-vehicles-in-the-20th-century/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://beijingcream.com/2014/01/chinas-misuse-of-public-vehicles-in-the-20th-century/#comment-250745 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 06:11:42 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=21831#comment-250745 I was a student in Beijing in the mid seventies. The only cars around were taxis, diplomatic vehicles, and the black government cars – very frequently with children in them.

]]> http://beijingcream.com/2014/01/chinas-misuse-of-public-vehicles-in-the-20th-century/#comment-249964 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 04:48:00 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=21831#comment-249964 There are so many ways to disguise government vehicles in China now that it’s become sport. The only blaringly obvious ones are the vehicles with white military plates. But they are beyond the powers of the gong an…especially in areas far from Beijing, like Yunnan or Guangdong (both strategic military centers and rife with abuse).
Chinese just prefer their black saloons with blacked out windows. It gives the *appearance* of a gov car and therefore a traffic cop will think twice about doing anything to it should it break any traffic law.

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