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This week’s News on China. • US calls China “aggressive” • Suez Canal investments • Multinational pharmaceuticals in China • History of bicycles in China

This week’s News on China video, presented by Tings Chak. • US calls China “aggressive” • Suez Canal investments • Multinational pharmaceuticals in China • History of bicycles in China

Of ghost bikes and bike lanes.
I grew up on a bicycle. At least once I learned to ride. Somehow or other I didn’t manage to do that until the age of ten. But starting then, the bicycle became the ticket to freedom and independence, as well as another way to appreciate the natural world and get a lot of exercise.

Indian cities are in crisis. Spend any length of time in a large city there and you will notice the overcrowding, the power and water shortages and, during monsoon, the streets that transform into stinking, litter-strewn rivers. At times, these cities can be almost unbearable to live in. Little wonder then that the concept of ‘smart cities’ is taking hold among policy makers, however flawed the notion might seem to be.

The fire challenge, bicycle killers and 'The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things' + this day in history w/the Stockholm Syndrome and our song of the day by Echo & the Bunnymen on your Morning Monarchy for August 23, 2018.

Last week's cats subway cats are this week's therapy dogs; the love hormone can bring spiritual enlightenment; and one school in Baltimore is trying out meditation instead of punishment.

Last week's cats subway cats are this week's therapy dogs; the love hormone can bring spiritual enlightenment; and one school in Baltimore is trying out meditation instead of punishment.

Poop power is in the pipes over in China; Chile has so much solar power they have to give it away for free; and tofu power is a better idea than eating it.

Fake web stories, sticker of the beast and paranoia-inducing apps + this day in history w/OKC Bombing and our song of the day by Amber Arcades on your Morning Monarchy for April 19, 2016.

Congressman Lieu... real personI'm sure you remember Michele Bachmann. Confronted with another typical Republican fundraising scandal, she agreed to retire from Congress in return for making the whole ugly mess go away. Her replacement, Tom Emmer, is just as crazy and extreme as she is. Wednesday every single Democrat voted against Emmer's fringy amendment to the 2016 Transportation Bill that would have inserted Big Government into the prerogatives of local communities.