Avoiding the roads to ruin

摘要

In my last article in The MJ (21 Octo-,ber), I outlined the seismic changes now taking place in China. A radical shift from a socialist past to a largely market-driven economy is taking place at breathtaking speed. The holding of a Formula One motor race in Shanghai last month -the first such race in China - speaks volumes. fust 10 years ago, the idea of west-em car company slogans translated into Chinese being displayed on the rear spoilers of high-performance racing cars zooming around a Chinese multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art race track would have seemed preposterous.