US EditionChina: Clampdown on bike rides after thousands of students take over highway to buy Kaifeng dumplings
- Tens of thousands of cyclists blocked intercity traffic on Zhengkai Avenue as they formed an endless flow of riders, disrupting commuters' ability to find bikes in Zhengzhou.
- Authorities enforced a clampdown due to traffic disruptions and safety concerns amid an explosive trend of students renting bikes for late-night dumpling purchases.
- The emergency measures represent a significant shift in government response as the trend began spreading to other cities, prompting local officials to intervene.
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Earlier this month, some small groups of students had started cycling at night along the road that separates the capital of Henan and Kaifeng, known for its steamed dumplings. A way for young people, affected by the crisis, to travel economically. However, in a short time, thousands of people joined and the authorities decided to impose a ban starting from universities.
Dumpling craze causes chaos in China as thousands on bikes block roads
A viral craze has left a small tourist city in China overwhelmed. The night-time cycling trend sees thousands of university students riding their bikes for 50 kilometres to the ancient city of Kaifeng in search of soup dumplings. On Friday, it went out of hand with 100,000 people taking the trip, jamming roads, and forcing authorities to shut down some routes over the weekend.
China: Clampdown on bike rides after thousands of students take over highway to buy Kaifeng dumplings
Up to 200,000 young people rented bikes - which cost as little as £1.51 a month - to travel from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng for soup dumplings as part of a Chinese social media trend.
In China, the police are trying to stop an internet trend that has led to mass evening bike rides and congested streets. According to state media, students from the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou started the trend weeks ago when they reported on online networks about an evening bike ride to Kaifeng, around 80 kilometers away, to eat a local specialty, a soup with dumplings.The action went viral: Photos and videos on online networks recently s…
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