photographer on the bicycle- The Bicycle Kingdom

Life on Two Wheels

As time passed, the bicycle industry grew and developed rapidly in China. Today the bicycle is no longer something that is out of reach of middle and lower income families. Gradually it has become a common, integral part of daily life for most Chinese people. In many ways, China is a bicycle kingdom. The Chinese people own about 500 million bicycles and now, the size of China's bicycle output, consumption and export all rank No. 1 in the world.

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Chinese people have very special feelings for their bicycles. Almost everyone that owns a bicycle, and that's pretty much everyone, can tell you a funny, touching, or surprising story about their relationship with their bicycles. Interview Mr. Wang Wenlan, a Photo Editor at China Daily is nicknamed "photographer on the bicycle" because for many years, he has ridden a bicycle around the alleys and streets of different Chinese cities to take pictures. What's interesting is that bicycles are also one of the main subjects that he takes pictures of. Mr. Wang Wenlan has been taking pictures of bicycles for over 30 years! He traveled almost every corner of China to take pictures and his photo collection has impressed a lot of people.

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