Philip Pan, an old Crimson friend of mine and the author of Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China, has a hunch about the reason behind Communist China's sudden ban on electric bikes: are the bike "makers still private firms battling state automakers?"
China Bans Electric Bikes
https://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2011/06/china-bans-electric-bikes
by Ira Stoll | Related Topics: Auto Industry, China, Government ownership, Regulation receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list