This morning, when I drove from Pudong to Puxi on the Nanpu Bridge, I saw there is no car on the opposite of the Nanpu Bridge. This is very strange, since in rush hours, it is unbelievable there is no single car there, for that long.
When when I approach the Puxi side, I found policeman were there, and there are policemen to block the cars from all directions. In short, the Nanpu Bridge was closed for a short period of time this morning.
It is very common that for some "very important person", police close a road or many to let them go. It is rare though for the whole bridge to be closed. I don't know what happened, who are coming, and who the "VIP" is.
The policemen are using public resources, but without limitation of its power, currently, it seems it is their own resources. That is a problem.
This reminds me of my trip to Cambodia. From time to time - many times a day - our tour bus was stopped and pushed aside just for the VIPs to pass. This was very typical in China 10 years ago. Recently years, China has changed to be better. At least in terms of police guarded cars, China is better than Cambodia. We are often stopped, but not daily at least. However, there is still a long way to go - when the time will come when those VIP feel a little bit embarrassed to close the whole bridge in rush hours for several minutes they can save.
Please note: This is Cambodia, not China
by Jian Shuo Wang on June 28, 2007 under Day Like This
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