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posted by CoolHand on Monday October 09 2017, @03:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the these-boots-are-made-for-walkin dept.

NewsChina http://new.newschinamag.com/newschina/articleDetail.do?article_id=2414 is running an article titled, "The Walking Dead - The lack of public sport facilities and sites have seen a growing number of urban residents take to public roads for exercise"

Xu Guilin has been restless and anxious of late. As the head of the Outdoor Sport Association of Lanshan District in the city of Linyi, Shandong Province, he's used to organizing hikes and walks in an urban landscape increasingly hostile to pedestrians. But now he's facing a media blitz after tragedy struck his group – while also handling members who are keen to take to the roads again.

In the early morning of July 8, 2017, a taxi rammed into a crowd of walkers on the highway in the city, killing one and injuring two. After the accident, more than 20 teams of walkers were told to halt their activities.

"I am under mounting pressure," Xu told NewsChina. He doesn't know how to cope with his thousands of members. "They want to exercise and walk, where could they go?" He's very worried that some walkers will strike off on their own, risking another accident, and he's facing massive criticism online where netizens flocked to condemn walkers for their alleged intrusion onto public roads.

It seems that with all the new urban construction in China, they haven't built sidewalks, parks or sports fields. Meanwhile, people that want to walk for exercise have banded together in groups and take to the streets for lack of anywhere else to walk. These are not small groups -- one founder started in 2010 with a few friends and by 2015 his group had grown and split many times...10,000 people were engaged in group walking in Linyi city.

We may think that groups of road cyclists are blocking the roads in a few places, but walking in China appears to be in a whole different league. Some groups taking a lane have been run over by cars (there is a picture in the article that purports to show this) and other groups banned.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Monday October 09 2017, @07:12PM (1 child)

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday October 09 2017, @07:12PM (#579366) Journal

    ... They do this at their peril and to their loss.

    The nihilist in me chuckles at that notion.

    It is true that eating healthy is easier and cheaper than thought. The problem is it requires more effort than cheap fast food and other junk food. And the crock pot thing isn't the end all be all of that either. You can cook regular meals in about 15 min with a little more prep and some waiting for a meat to cook (chicken takes a while). So you might spend 45 minutes to an hour cooking but most is just waiting, the actual work is 10-20 min.

    I used to live in a tiny studio, about 25 m2. I cooked almost every day when I lived there because it was so damn easy. The kitchenette was just a few steps from the computer so I could read a recipe from the stove. Need to wait for something to cook? Just walk over to my recliner a few steps away and watch some TV. The stove was just a few steps feet from the chair. Maybe play on the computer and just turn my head to check on things. Only downside was all my clothes smelled of whatever I cooked. And I liked to cook with a lot of garlic. Like where most people use a clove or two, im like yea that's cute and half a bulb goes in.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday October 09 2017, @08:24PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday October 09 2017, @08:24PM (#579400) Journal

    After two damn jobs, one of which is food service, I'm too bloody knackered to cook. I want to come home, wait a bit for the cook cycle to finish, then pop the lid and have a nice bowl of stew/soup/curry.

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...