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The first thing visitors probably notice on the city streets of China is the vast number of mopeds and scooters flying down the streets. Not surprising since almost an estimated 200 million of them are humming through the traffic-clogged roadways everyday.

With the prices of cars too high and the hoards of bicycle riders declining rapidly, there are now an estimated 200 million electric bikes and scooters zooming around China — with another 150 million of them to be rolling by 2018. Even those who can afford automobiles are trading them in for the e-bikes to zip in and around traffic jams.

When tourists aren’t dodging the two and three-wheeled rides like a game of Frogger on the congested streets and sidewalks, they might actually get to do a little scooter-watching.

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