Cycling in China, not for the faint of heart

Although China is considered to be one of the top countries in the world for cycling, it is also one of the deadliest. A few decades ago, everyone biked, the streets were littered with bicycles. That was a different time, a time when a car could not be afforded. But with China currently leading the modern industrial age, cars have become more accessible.
Now that numerous Chinese people own vehicles, bike have been bumped down on the "foodchain." It has been reported in a article I read here, that cars very seldomly pay any attention to stop signs or red lights, leaving bikers in quite a dangerous predicament. If you go cycling in China, sure its beautiful, but at the cost of a possible injury or even worse, fatality. My opinion is that China needs all the environmental help it can get, and should not be ostracizing its faithful bikers, but instead setting aside protecting laws.