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Traffic laws in China are lax at best; outside the city center, for example, red lights are more of a suggestion ("Hey, you might want to consider stopping here, you know, if you feel like it") than a hard and fast rule. Coming back from an Indian restaurant last night, Brian and I had to exit the subway and jump in a cab because our line closes earlier. Unfortunately it was on a frontage road going away from Tongzhou, so the driver followed the highway briefly before making an awkward U-turn to the right. It took us a minute to realize he was going up the off-ramp. That's when we decided to put our seatbelts on.

When I looked out the window this morning there was snow, which continued throughout the morning. You all know how I feel about snow. It's like watching the Roadrunner try to ice skate. But it made for some pretty pictures.


China Fun Fact: Mine accidents claim almost 20,000 lives each year, including more than 100 workers killed last week by a gas explosion at a mine in northern Shanxi province.