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100,000 Chinese students join 50km night-time bike ride in search of good soup dumplings (www.theguardian.com)

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A night-time cycling trend that started with four Chinese students riding 50km for dumplings blew out to a reported 100,000 people on Friday, jamming major roads, overwhelming a small tourist city and drawing the attention of authorities.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

"People not being allowed to cycle in a Chinese city" is not something I'd have had on my bingo card 20 years ago. China used to be the poster child for cycling in cities!

[–] Agent641 3 points 4 days ago

The poor line cook watching 100k people descend on his tiny four-table dumpling house